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ITEM, Whereas divers Opinions have been before this Time [ X1 in what Case Treason shall be said, and in what not; ] the King, at the Request of the Lords and of the Commons, hath made a Declaration in the Manner as hereafter followeth, that is to say; When a Man doth compass or imagine the Death of our Lord the King, or of our Lady his [ X2 Queen ] or of their eldest Son and Heir; or if a Man do violate the King’s [ X2 Companion, ] or the King’s eldest Daughter unmarried, or the Wife (X3) the King’s eldest Son and Heir; or if a Man do levy War against our Lord the King in his Realm, or be adherent to the King’s Enemies in his Realm, giving to them Aid and Comfort in the Realm, or elsewhere, and thereof be [ X4 probably ] attainted of open Deed by [ X5 the People ] of their Condition: . . . F1, and if a Man slea the Chancellor, Treasurer, or the King’s Justices of the one Bench or the other, Justices in Eyre, or Justices of Assise, and all other Justices assigned to hear and determine, being in their Places, doing their Offices: And it is to be understood, that in the Cases above rehearsed, [ X6 that ] ought to be judged Treason which extends to our Lord the King, and his Royal Majesty: . . . F2
X1 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: what case should be adjudged Treason, and what not;
X2 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: Wife
X3 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: of
X4 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: proveably MS. Tr.
X5 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: People
X6 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: it
F1 Words repealed by the Act 2 & 3 Will. 4 c. 34, s. 1 and Forgery Act 1830 (c. 66), s. 31