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 A. D. 1692. Anno quarto & quinto Gulielmi 6c Marine. C. 24. ^23 Benefit of Clergy, and upon her Prayer hath once had, or hereafter fliall once have, the Benefit of thcMiJcperpstuii faidS'acuie, and Ihall be again convided of any other Felony, for which a Man might have the Benefit of ^y*" * 7 w. 3. his Clergy, fuch Woman inall be, and is hereby totally excluded irom having any Benefit or Advantage of '^' "^'   the fiiid Statiitc, but fhall fufFer Painj of Death in fuch and the fame Manner as if the faid Statute had not: been made. And be it further eiiaded. That the faid lafi: mentioned Aft flnall continue and be in Force for the Space of three Years, from the thirteenth Day of February one thoufand fix hundred ninety- twoj and from thence to the End of the next Seflion of Parliament and no longer. iCiV. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That an Aft made at the Scffion of Par- liartient holden in the thirteenth and fourteenth Years of the Reign of the late King Charles the Second, ,n ituled, Ail Ait for prevniting Abi^Jcs ill printing fcditloHs, trenfonatle, and unliccnfcd Bool^s ond Pamphlets, ^^'^^^^.^^'. ■jndjfor regulating of Printing and Printing PreJJes, which was, by an Aft made in the firfl Year of the ii,Jn,"jng""o„,l. Reign of the late King j'rtwf.f, revived and enafted to have Continuance from the twenty-fourth Day ofnueJ ivy i fac. for the Space of feven Years, and from thence to the End of 2- <=. 17. §. 15. " be continued '^°""^",''<"' thoufand fix ""'^'•■"''""Scr. iiundred ninety-two, and from thence to the Eitd of the- next Sclncn of-Parliarn;'i)t, an-d--na longer. XP. ' XV. And whereas ri certain Aft made at the Seffion of Parliament held in the fixteenth and feventeenth '^ * '7 Car. i. Yeais of the Reign of the l.-ite King Charles the Second, intituled. An Aii for returning of able andftiff- '^' ^' dent furors, is expired;' Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Jurors (other than Stran- llt»i or the late iving fames, revived and enacted to nave *^ontinuance trom the twenty-t< June one thoufand fix hundred eighty-five, for the Space of feven Years, and from thence t jthe next Seffion of Parliament; ii^ it enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That the firid Aft and'ftiull be in Force for the Space of one Year, from the thirteemh Day of February one A I] Jurors to- have lol. pi.r gers upon Trials />«■ Medietatem Lirguce) who are to be returned for Trials of ifl'ues joined in any of the jCouiuS of King's Bench, Common Pleas,, or Exchequer, or before Juftices of Afrtze,_ or Nijiprius, Oyer and_^^^^, _^^ f'enrdner. Gaol D^Tivcry, or General' Qtiarter-Seffions of the Peace, from and after the firft Day of J/^^ ^nn/"' bne thoufand fix' hundred ninety-three, in any County of this Realm of England, fliall every of them 13 £■</. i. r. 3S. 'have in. their own Niinie, or in Truft for them, within the fame County, ten Pounds by the Year at leafl:-' ^J. i.Jlat. r. bove Reprizes, of Freehold or Copyhold Lands or Tenements, or of Lands and Tenements of ancient ^'^"f?'^ '?.'"""'■ isme.fn, or in Rents,, or ill all .or any of the laid Lands, Tenements or Rents, in Fee-firnple, Fee-tail, -((,-^1"^ jf(f^j'j Dr for the Life of their.felvcs, or fome other Perfon : And that in every County of the Domhiion of Waits, 61. per Ann. 'aid above Reprizes. All vi'hich Perfons, having fuch Eftates as aforefaid, are hereby, enabled. and made i able 'to be returned and ferve as Jurors for the Trial of Iflues before the Courts and Juffices aforefaid; •And that no Juryman's lilii^s, making Default, Ihall be faved, butby fpecial Order of the Court or Judges before whom the Iffue is to be' tried, for fome reafonable Caufe proved upon Oath before the fame Court or '"""" '^" ^ (Judges; and all fuch Iffues {li.Jl be didy eftreated and levied;_ and the ^N •s^X. oi Ventre' Facia?, v- hich Continued w1tl» (from and after the Time aforefaid iliail be avv'arded aiid direfted for the impanelling of" Juries in Caufes^ w. 3. c. 32. aforefaid, within any County of England (h 11 be after this Form : Ty EX, &c. praecipimus, &c. quod venire fac' coram, &c. Duodectm liberos & Icgales homines de Vici-^°'''" of Venire-, ^. neto de A. quor' quilibet habeat Decern librae' Terra;, Tenementor' vel Reddituum per Annum ad piiiius,' per quos, &c. & qui nee, &c. And the- Refidue of the faid Writ fliall be after the ancient Manner; and that the Writs, which fliall be- iawarded and diredced for the returning of j uries within the Dominion of ^Fal s, fhall be made in the fame .Manner, altering only the Word Decern for Sex; and that upon every fuch Writer Writs of Venire facias- 'the Sheriff, Coroner, and other Minifters of eacn refpeftive County m England and' Wales, unto whora jthe making of the Panel fhall appertain, fliall not return in any fuch Panel any Perfon, unlefs he fhall itheh have ten Pounds, or fix Pounds, refpeftrvely by the Year at leaft, as aforefaid, in the fame County where the Iflue is to be tried; upon pain to forfeit for every Perfon being returned in any fuch Panel, that Penalty upon- rJhall not then have ten Pounds or fix Pounds refpeftively, as aforefaid, the Suai of five Pounds to their ^,1'"'.* ^.'"f''- Majefiies, their Heirs, and Succeffors. _ _ •' ^ vufe.m.rmng, i 'XVL And be it further enafted. That no Sheriff" or Bailiff of any Liberty or Franchife, or any of their P^^nalty upon pi^'cither of their Miniftcrs, fhall return any fuch Perfon or Perfons as aforefaid, to have been fummonecJ '^"""'■""'"'"S'- Ijy them, or any cf rh;m, unlefs fuch Perfon and Perfons fliall have been duly fummoned by the Space of 5^'^'™^' '^'^^" •fix Days at the leafl, b-.fore the Day on which they ought to make their Appearance; nor fhall direftly orcxcaHngfcr indireftiy take Money or other Reward to excufe the Appearance of any Juror, by any of them to be fum- Reward. moned or returned, upon pain to forfeit for every fuch Offence the Sum of ten Pounds to their Majefties, (their Heirs and Succeffors. r.r. ! XVIi. Saving neverthelefs to all Cities, Boroughs, and Towns-corporate, their ancient Ufage of re- Eoroughs, &c. . (turning Jurors of fueh Eftate, and in fuch Manner, as heretofore has been ufed and accuflome<l;' any thing excepted. ■in this Aft contained to the contrary notwithftanding. ■ : ■ ■ XVIIL Provided neverthelefs. That it fhall be lawful to return any Perfon to ferve upon the Tales in any Tales 5I. per iCounty within the Kingdom of England', who fhall have within the fame County five Poiinds by the Year, Ann. iahfeve Reprizes, in Manner aforefaid, and not otherwife» ■^ ■ XIX.
 * very fuch Juror Ihall then have within the fame County fix Pounds by the Year atleaft, in Manner afore-