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 A.D. 1689. Anno primo Gulielmi & Mari^. Seff. 2. C. 3 — 6. 44.3- deluded, and be for ever incapable to inherit, poffefs, or enjoy the Crown and Government of this Realm, ^ri Irdandy and the Dominions thereunco belonging, or any Pare of the fame, or to have, ule, or exercife ^ny regal Power, Authority, or Jurifdiiftion wit;iin the fame; and in all and every fuch Cafe or Cafes %e People of thefe Realms fhall be, and are hereby abfolved of their Allegiance; and the faid Cro.vn and Government fhall from time to time defcend to, and be enjoyed by fuch Perfon or Perfons, being Pfoteftants, as fliould ha^'c inherited and enjoyed the fame, in calfc the faid Perfon or Perfons fo reconciled holding Communion, or profeffing, or marrying as aforefaid, vfcvt naturally dead. » X. And that every King and Qj^ieen of this Realm, vv^ho at any Time hereafter fliall come to and All Kings, &.-c. fucceed in the Imperial Crown of this Kingdom, fhall on the iirft Day of the Meeting of the firft '° "¥ '^^'-'''- Parhament, next after his or her coming to the Crown, fitting in his or her Throne in the Boufe of Peers, Ca^j^iw ^'* in the Prcfcnce of the Lords and Commons therein aiTembled, or at his or her Coronation, before fuch c. i'. " ' ' Perfon or Perfons who fliall adminilter the Coronation Oath to him or her, at the Time of his or her talcing the laid Oath (which Ihall flrft happen) maice, fubfcribe, and audibly repeat the Declaration mentioned in the Statute made in the thirtieth Year of the Reign of King Charles the becond, intituled, An Aci for the more effcSinal prcferving the King's Perfon and Government, by difahling Papijis from fitting in either Houfe of Parliament. But if it fhall happen, that fucii King or Queen, upon his or her Succefhon to If under twelve the Crown of this Realni, fhall be under the Age of twelve Years, then every fuch King or Queen fhall '^^-rs oUl to be make, fubicribe, and audibly repeat the faid Declaration at his or her Coronation, or the firif Day of the ^°^' ^^^" ^^' Meeting of the iirfl Parliament as aforefaid, which fliall firft happen after fuch King or Queen fhall have thTreof""^ attained the faid Age of twelve Years.  XL All which their Majellies are contented and pleafed fliall be declared, enafted, and eflablifhed by King's Aficnt. Authority of this prefent Parliament, and fhall ftand, remain, and be the Law of this Realm for ever ; and the fame are by their faid Majellies, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem- poral, and Commons, in Parliament alTen/oled, and by the Authority of the fame, declared, enafted, and eftablifhed accordingly. ~ Xn. And be it further declared and enaftcd by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after this prefent ^°" °ti'^^'^'« Seffion of Parliament, no Difpenfation by Non obftante of or to any Statute, or any Part thereof, fhall j^e sriade void. allowed, but that the fame fhall be held void and of no Efrefl, except a Difpenfation be allowed of in fuch Statute, and except in fuch Cafes as fhall be ipecially provided fur by one or more Bill or Bills to be pafFed during this prefent Seffion of Parliament. •XliL Provided that no Charter, or Grant, or Pardon, granted before the three and twentieth Day of Pardons excepted Oitober in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred eighty-nine, fhall be any ways impeached or in- '^^"''^ Oftober. validated by this Act, but that the fame fhall be and remain of the fame Force and Efiefl in Law, and no other than as if this Adt had never been made. ^, „ , Further Pr^vificm concerning SucceJJion of the Croivn, 12 JF. 3. c. z, 13 f'f^- 3- c.'o. CAP. IIL (37.J An Acl for preventing all Doubts and Queftions concerning the colleaing the publick Revenue. ^ X P, CAP. IV. (38.) An Aft for punifliing Officers or Soldiers who fliall mutiny or defert their Majefly's Service, and for E X p. punifhing falfe Mufrers. EXP. CAP. V. (39.) An Aa for a Grant to their Majeflies of an additional Aid of twelve Pence in the Pound for one Year. CAP. VL (4.0.) An Aft for the charging and colleding the Dmles upon Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate at the Cuftom Houfe. ' ' W^F^I^"^^ '^^^^^ K^^r^ ^°""^ ^y Experience, that the colkain? of the Dutv snT.m. f^ i mms^s^s^^ ,