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ANNO REGNI CAROLI REGIS ANGLIAE, SCOTIAE FRANCIAE, & HIBERNIAE, DECIMO SEPTIMO.  
At the Parliament begun at Westminister the third day of November, Anno Dom. 1640.  
In the 16. year of the Reign of our most gracious Sovereign Lord, CHARLES, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, etc.  
LONDON, Printed by ROBERT BARKER, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty: And by the Assigns of JOHN BILL.  
1641.  
Cum Privilegio.    

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C R  DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE   

ANNO. XVII. Caroli Regis.  
An Act for disinabling all persons in Holy Orders to exercise any Temporal Jurisdiction or Authority:  
WHereas Bishops and other persons in holy Orders ought not to be entangled with secular Jurisdiction (the Office of the Ministry being of such great Importance, that it will take up the whole Man) And for that it is found by long experience, that there intermeddling with secular jurisdictions, hath occasioned great mischiefs and scandal both to Church, and State; his Majesty, out of his Religious care of the Church and Souls of his people, is graciously pleased that it be Enacted, And by Authority of this present Parliament be it Enacted, That no Archbishop or Bishop or other person that now is, or hereafter shall be in holy Orders, shall at any time, after the fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand six hundred forty one, have any Seat or Place, Suffrage or Voice, or use or execute any power or authority in the Parliaments of this Realm, nor shall be of the Privy Council of his Mafestie, his heirs or Successors, or Justice of the Peace of Dyer and Termiver, or Goal-dcivery, or execute any Temporal authority by virtue of any Commission, But shall be wholly disabled, and be uncapable to have, receive, use, or orecute any of the said Offices, Places, Powers, Authorities and things aforesaid.  
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all Acts from and after the said fifteenth day of February, which shall be done or executed by any Archbishop or Bishop or other person whatsoever in holy Orders, and all and every Suffrage or Voice given or delivered by them or any of them, or other thing done by them or any of them contrary to the Purport and true meaning of this present Act, shall be utterly boid to all intents, constructions and purposes.   

ANNO XVII. Caroli Regis.  
An Act for the better raising and levying of Soldiers for the present defence of the Kingdoms of ENGLAND and IRELAND.  
FOrasinuch as great Commotions and Revellions have been lately raised and stirred up in his Majesty's Kingdom of Ireland by the wicked plots and Conspiracies of divers of his Majesty's Subjects there (being Traitorously affected) to the great endangering, not only of the said Kingdom, but also of this Kingdom of England, unless a speedy course be taken for the preventing thereof, and for the raising and pressing of Men for those Services; And whereas by the Laws of this Realm, none of his Majesty's Subjects ought to be impressed, or compelled to go out of his County to serve as a Soldier in the wars, except in case of necessity, of the sudden coming in of strange Enemies into the Kingdom, or except they be otherwise bound by the Tenure of their Lands or Possessions: Therefore in respect of the great and urgent necessity of providing a present supply of men for the preventing of these great and imminent dangers, and for the speedy suppressing of the said heinous and dangerous Rebellions;  
Be it Enacted by Authority of this present Parliament, That the justices of the Peace of every County and Riding within this Realm, or any three, or more of them, as also the Major or other head Officer or Officers of every City or Town Corporate within this Realm, having justices of the Peace, together with any two or more justices of the Peace of the same City or Town Corporate respectively, or in default of such justices, then with two or more justices of the Peace of the County wherein the said City or Town is, shall and may at any time or times, between the first of December, one thousand six hundred forty and one, and the first of November which shall be in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred forty two, within their several limits and jurisdictions, Raise, Levie, and Impress so many men for Soldiers, Gunners, and Surgeons, as shall be appointed by Order of the King's Majesty, his heirs, or Successors, and both houses of Parliament, for the said services; and to command all and every the high Constables, other Constables, and inferior Officers, of, and within every such County, Riding, City, or Town Corporate or the Liberties thereof respectively, by warrant under the hands & Seals of such justices of the Peace, Major or other head Officer, or Officers as are authorized by this Act, as aforesaid, to bring before them any such person or persons as shall be fit and necessary for the said services; which said persons so to be Imprested as aforesaid, and every of them shall have such Impressed money, and such allowance for Coat and Conduct, unto the place of their Rendezvous, as likewise such wages, and entertainment from the time of their first entering into Pay, during their continuance in the said Services, and such other necessary charges and allowances shall be made touching the said Press, the said Money, and other charges and allowances to be paid by such persons, and in such manner, as by Order of his Majesty, his heirs and Successors, and of both houses of Parliament, shall be appointed: And if any person or persons shall wilfully refuse to be Imprested for the said Services; That then it shall and may be lawful, to and for the said persons so authorized as aforesaid, to the said Press, to commit such offender to prison, there to remain without Bail or Mainprize, by the space of six months, and until he shall pay the sum of ten pounds to the Treasurers for the maimed Soldiers of the same County, City, or Town corporate where any such Treasurers are, to be employed for and towards the relief and maintenance of such Soldiers, Gunners, and Surgeons as shall happen to be maimed in the said Services, or if none such shall happen to be, then for the relief of other the maimed Soldiers of the said County, City, or Town corporate respectively, and in default of payment of the said sum, than the said person offending, to remain in prison by the space of one whole year, over and above the said six months, without Bail, or Mainprize.  
Provided always, That this Act shall not extend to the Pressing of any Clergyman, or any Scholars, or Students, or privileged persons of either of the Universities, Inns of Court, or Chaneery, or any of the Trained Bands of this Realm, or to the Pressing of any other person who was Rated towards the payment of the last Subsidies, or that shall be Rated or taxed towards the payment of any Subsidies hereafter to be granted, before the time of such Impresting, or to the eldest son of any person, who is, or shall be, before the time of such Impresting, rated in the Subsidy Book at three pound Lands, or five pound Goods, or to any person of the rank or degree of an Esquire, or upwards, or to the son of any such person of the said rank or degree, or of the widow of any such person, or to any person under the age of eighteen, or above the age of threescore years, or to any Mariners, Seamen, or Fishermen.  
Provided also, And be it Enacted, That no Money or other reward shall be taken, or other corrupt practice used, in, or for the Pressing, Changing or releasing of any person Imprested, or to be Imprested by force of this Act, by any person hereby authorized in that behalf, or their Agents, under pain of forfeiture of twenty pounds by every person so offending, for every such offence to be paid, and employed to the Treasurers of the maimed Soldiers in manner and to the uses aforesaid.  
Provided also, and be it Enacted, That this present Act shall not extend to the Impresting of any of the meaniall Servants of the Members or Assistants or Officers of the Lords house of Parliament, or to the meaniall Servants of the Members or Officers of the house of Commons, or of any of the Inhabitants of the Isle of Wight, or of the Isle of Anglisey, or of any of the Cinque-ports or Members thereof.