1. That whofoever fhall hereafter come to the Crown, fhall join in Communion with the Church of England, as by Law eftablifh'd.

2. That in Cafe the Crown fhall hereafter come to any Perfon not being a Native of England, this Nation fhall not be oblig'd to engage in any War, for Defence of any Dominions or Territories not belonging to the Crown of England, without the Confent of Parliament.

3. That no Perfon who fhall hereafter come to the Crown, fhall go out of England, Scotland, or Ireland, without Confent of Parliament. [Note, This Clause is repeal'd by 1 Geo. cap. 51. as fhall be fhewn hereafter]

4. That after the Limitation by this Act fhall take Effect, all Things relating to the Well-governing of this Kingdom, properly cognizable in the Privy Council, fhall be tranfacted there; and all Refolutions fhall be fign'd by. fuch of the Privy Council as thall advife and affent to the fame. [This Claufe is likewife repeal'd by 4 & 5 Anna, cap. 8. entitled, An Act for an Union of the two Kingdoms of England and Scotland.]

5. That after the faid Limitation fhall take Effect, no Perfon born out of England, Scotland, . or Ireland, or the Dominions thereunto belonging, (altho' Naturaliz'd, or made a Denizen) except fuch as were born of English Parents, fhall be capable to be of the Privy Council, or Member of either House of Parliament, or to enjoy any Office or Place of Truft, Civil or Military, or to have any Grant of Lands from the Crown, to himself, or to any others in Truft for him.

6. That no Perfons who has an Office or Place of Profit under the King, or receives a Penfion from the Crown, fhall be capable of ferving as a Member of the House of Commons. [This Claufe is alfo repeal'd by the Union Act above-mention'd.]

IV. That after the faid Limitation, &c. Judges Commiffions be made, Quamdiu fe bene gefferint, and their Salaries afcertain'd and eftablith'd; but

upon the Addrefs of both Houses of Parliament, it may be lawful to remove them.

V. That no Pardon under the Great Seal of England, be pleadable to an Impeachment by the Commons in Parliament.

VI. And that all the Laws and Statutes of this Realm for fecuring the establish'd Religion, and the Rights and Liberties of the People, fhall be ratify'd and confirm'd.

After the paffing of this Act, the King order'd it to be fairly engrofs'd, and feal'd with the Great Seal of England, and appointed Charles Gerard, Earl of Macclesfield, to carry it to the Court of Hanover, and there prefent it to her Royal Highnefs, taking with him, at the fame Time, the whole Habits and Ornaments of the Noble Órder of the Garter, for George-Lewis, Elector, (now our moft gracious Sovereign) who had been just before elected a Knight-Companion.

Soon after Queen Anne's Acceffion to the Throne, the order'd the Princefs Sophia to be pray'd for, in the Prayer for the Royal Family; and the more firmly to fecure the Succeffion in the Proteftant Line, did, in the Parliament holden in the 4th and 5th Years of her Reign, give the Royal Affent to two farther Acts, viz. An Act for naturalizing the faid Princess Sophia, and the Iffuc of her Body; and the other, entitled, An Act for the greater Security of her Majesty's Perfon and Government, and of the Succeffion of the Crown of England in the Proteftant Line; and of this laft Act, 'tis neceffary to give the following Abstract.

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I.OR the better Security of her Majefty's Perfon and Government, and the Succeffion in the Proteftant Line, c. enacted, That if any Perfon after the 25th of March 1706, fhall maliciously, advisedly, and directly, by writing, printing, &c. affirm, that our Sovereign Lady the Queen, that now is, is not lawful or rightful Queen of these Realms, or that the pretended Prince of Wales, Oc.

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hath any Right to the Crown, &c. or any Perfon, otherwife than according to the Acts of 1 W. & M. cap. 2. and 12 W. 3. cap. 2. declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, and fettling the Succeffion, &c. and for the farther Limitation of the Crown, c. or that the Kings or Queens of England, are not able, by Authority of Parliament, to make Laws, c. of fufficient Force to bind the Crown of this Realm, and the Inheritance aud Government thereof, fuch Perfon fhall be guilty of High Treafon, &c.

II. Any Perfon that fhall, after the faid 25th of March, maliciously and directly, by preaching, teaching, or advifed fpeaking, maintain, that her faid Majefty is not lawful or rightful Queen of thefe Realms, &c. or that the pretended Prince of Wales, or any other Perfon, &c. have any Right to the Crown, &c. otherwife than according to the aforefaid Acts, c. or that the Kings and Queens of England, &c. with Authority of Parliament, are not able to make Laws of fufficient Force to limit the Crown, c. fuch Perfons convicted, fhall incur the Penalty of Pramunire, mention'd 16 R. 2.

III. No Perfon to be profecuted on this Act for Words fpoken, unless Information be given on Oath, &c. within three Days after the Words fpoken; and fuch Offence to be profecuted within three Months after Information; and no Conviction, but by the Oaths of two credible Witnesses.

ÍV. That this prefent Parliament, or any other to be call'd hereafter by her Majefty, her Heirs, c. fhall not be diffolv'd by the Demife of her Majefty, her Heirs, &c. but to continue, and impower'd, if fitting at the Time of fuch Demife, immediately to act notwithstanding, &c. for fix Months, and no longer, unless prorogu'd or diffolv'd by the Perfon to whom the Crown comes, according to the Limitations aforefaid; and if prorogu'd, than to fit upon that Day, to which fo prorogu'd, and continue for the Refidue of the faid fix Months, unlefs fooner prorogu'd or diffolv'd, &c. V. If

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V. If a Parliament is in being at the Death of her Majefty, her Heirs, c. but happens to be feparated by Adjournment, c. fuch Parliament to meet immediately, and act notwithstanding for fix Months, and no longer, unlefs fooner prorogu'd, or diffolv'd, as aforefaid.

VI. In cafe no Parliament is in being at the Time of fuch Demife, that has met and fate, then the last preceding Parliament to convene and continue as aforefaid, c. but fubject to be prorogu'd, c.

VII. Nothing in this Act to extend to alter or abridge the Queen's Power, her Heirs, c. to prorogue or diffolve Parliaments, nor to repeal the Act made 6 & 7 W. 3. cap. 2. (for the frequent meeting and calling of Parliaments) but to be in Force in every Thing not inconfiftent with the Direction of this Act.

VIII. The Privy Council at her Majefty's Demife, c. not to be diffolv'd, but to act for fix Months after, unless fooner determin'd by the next Succeffor,

c. nor the Lord Chancellor, Keeper, Prefident, Privy Seal, High Admiral, or any the Great Officers of the Houthold, c. nor any Civil or Military Employments within Great Britain or Ireland, &'c. Ferfey, Guernsey, Alderney, or Sark, or Plantations, to be void, but continue for fix Months after fuch Demife, &c.

IX. The Great Seal, Privy Seal, Privy Signet, and all other Seals, c. at her Majefty's Demife, to be ufed as the refpective Seals of the Succeffor, until contrary Orders.

X. The Privy Council, at the Time of her Majefty's Demife, &c. to cause the next Proteftant Succeffor to be proclaim'd in Great Britain and Ireland, c. and upon Neglect, or Refufal, fuch Members and Officers to be guilty of High Treafon, &c.

XI. For continuing the Adminiftration of the Government in the Name of fuch next Proteftant Succeffor, (that may happen to be out of this Kingdom at the Time of her Majefty's Demife) until her or his Arrival, the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Chancellor or Keeper, Lord High Trea

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furer, Lord Prefident of the Council, Lord Privy Seal, Lord High Admiral, and Chief Juftice of the Queen's Bench, at that Time being, to be Lords Juftices of Great Britain, and impower'd in the Name. of fuch Succeffor to act as if prefent, &c.

XII. That the Perfon, who by the Limitations aforefaid, is next to fucceed to the Crown, &c. is impower'd at any Time, during her Majefty's Life, by three Inftruments under Hand and Seal, revocable at Pleasure, to nominate fo many Perfons, natural born Subjects of England, to be added to the aforefaid Lords Juftices, to act as fully, as if herein particularly nam'd, the major Part affembled, not to be less than five, &c.

XIII. The faid three Inftruments fhall be tranfmitted into Great Britain to the next Succeffor's Refident, whofe Credentials are to be inroll'd in Chancery, and to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Lord Chancellor, or Keeper, &c. clofe feal'd up, and to be feverally put into feveral Covers, to be feverally feal'd up, with three feveral Seals of the faid Refident, Archbishop, and Lord Chancellor, or Keeper, &c. each to have one lodg'd. in their Hands; and if the faid Nomination is to be revok'd, then the faid Inftruments to be deliver'd up by the Perfons in whofe Cuftody foever they happen to be; which, after her Majefty's Demife, c. fhall immediately be open'd and read before the Privy Council, and afterwards inroll'd,

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XIV. The Perfons with whom the faid Inftru ments are depofited, their Executors, c. or any other in whofe Cuftody they fhall happen to be, opening the faid Inftruments, or neglecting to produce them before the Privy Council, incur a Pramu nire, as inflicted by the faid Statute of Pramunire.

XV. One of the faid Inftruments produc'd before the Privy-Council, fhall be as effectual as all; and if there be no Nomination, then the Lords Juftices aforefaid, or any five, are invefted with the Power above-mention'd.

XVI. Any Nomination already made by the Succeffor, fignify'd by fuch Inftruments depofited as

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