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4^6 C. 2 — 6. Anno prlmo GuLiELMi & Marije. A. D. i688. iviliament clf- VIII. Provided always, and be it declared. That this prefent Parliament may be diflblved after the ufual foivcd as for- Manner, as if the fame had been fummoned and called by Writ. CAP. II. An Ad: for impowering his Majefty to apprehend and detain fuch Perfons a.s he (hall find }uft Caufe to fuf- peft are confpiring againft the Government. E X P^ CAP. III. An A«a for the granting a prefent Aid to their Majefties. EXP. CAP. IV. An Aft for reviving of Adbions and Procefs lately depending in the Courts at Weftminjlery and difcontinued by the not holding of Hilary Term, and for fupplying other Defers relating to Proceedings at Law. EXt». c TTirHEREAS the Term of St. Hilary, in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred eigllfty- < VV eight, could not be holden and kept, for which, if due Provifion be not made, gfeat Delay of

  • ■ J«ftice, and confequently great Expences to the Suitors in the feveral Courts ufuaily held at Wejhninfter

< will enfue : Therefore for the continuing and reviving all Maimer of A(9ions or Pleas lately dependiftg, « and all Manner of Procefs that were returnable or depending in any of the faid Courts, and which were Proclamation * difcontinued and put without Day by the not holding the faid Term, i^c. upon Fines fliall be accounted made. Judgments by Conleflion to be entered in Eafier Term. All Offences and Aftions, during tlie Irttrregmm (uMt, Thi Year of our Lord to be inferted inllead of tl>e King's Reign. Indiftments, &c. {ontrafacem Rtgni. Bonds, &c, made to King j'<mcj, in Force. All Profit, (^cofMichaelmasTer-m, good. Bail Bonds taken by a Judge before the nth of December, and Commitments upon them, good. The Time betwixl the loth oSDt- umber and ijth of iWtfrei not reckoned in ^fl«/wfMiV or Statute of Limitations. 2 Vent. 185, 197. 3 Lev. 283. C A P, V. I X p. An A£l for punifhing Officers and Soldiers who fliall mutiny or defert their Majefties Setvke, to GOHtinuc till November 1689, and no longer. CAP. vr. An Aft for eftablilhing the Coronation Oath. •o W HE RE AS by the Law and ancient Ufage of this Realm, the Kings and Qiieens thereof have taken a folemn Oath upon the Evangelifts at their refpe<ftive Coronations, to maintain the Sta- tutes, Laws, and Cuftoms of the faid Realm, and all the People and Inhabitants thereof, in their Spiri- tual and Civil Rights and Properties : But forafmuch as the Oath itfelf on fuch Occafion adminiftred, hath heretofore been framed in doubtful Words and Expreflions, with relation to ancient Laws and Con- ftitutions at this Time unknown :' To the End therefore that one uniform Oath may be in all Times tc come taken by the Kings and Queens of this Realm, and to them refpeiStively adminiftred at the Times oi their and e.'ery of their Coronation: May it pleafe your Majefties that it may be enadled: An Oath to be II. And be it enafted by the King's and Queen's moft Excellent Majefties, by and with the Advice anc taken by the Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, king and Qv^een. ^j^jj^ jj^g Authority of the fame, That the Oath herein mentioned, and hereafter expreffed, fhal! and may be adminiftred to their moft Excellent Majefties King William and Queen Mary (whom God long prefervcj at the Time of their Coronation, in the Prefence of all Perfons that (hall be then and there prefent at th( folemnizing thereof, by the Archbifliop of Canterbury, or the Archbilhop of Tork, or either of them, or any other Bifhop of this Realm, whom the King's Majefty fliall thereunto appoint, and who Ihall be hereby 'thereunto refpeftively authorized; which Oath foUoweth, and fliall be adminiftred in this manner ; thati; tp fay, ' The Archblfhop or Bifliop/fljall fay. Coronation " HL Will you folemnly promife and fwear to govern the People of this Kingdom oi England^ and dw Oath. *' Dominions thereto belonging, according to the Statutes in Parliament agreed on, and the Laws atic

  • « Cuftoms of the fame .?"

The King and Queen fhall fay, " I folemnly promife fo to do." Archbifliop or Bifliop. " Will you to your Power caufe Law and Juftice in Mercy lo he executed in all your Judgements ?" King and Queen. ■^« I will." Arcbbifto;