XIII.  Provided  always  and  that  it  may  be  further  enacted
by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  if  any  person  having  any
estate  of  inheritance  in  any  temporal  office  or  offices  shall
hereafter  obstinately  and  peremptorily  refuse  to  accept  and
take  the  said  oath  as  is  aforesaid,  and  after  at  any  time  during
his  life  shall  willingly  I'equire  to  take  and  receive  the  said  oath,
and  so  do  take  and  accept  the  same  oath  before  any  person  or
persons  that  shall  have  lawful  authority  to  minister  the  sauu\
that  then  every  such  person  immediately  after  he  hath  so
received  the  same  oath  shall  be  vested,  deemed  and  judged
in  like  estate  and  [)Ossessiou  of  the  said  office  as  he  was  befoie
the  said  refusal,  and  shall  and  may  use  and  exercise  the  said
office  in  such  manner  and  form  as  he  should  or  might  have  done
before  such  refusal  ;  any  thing  in  this  Act  contained  to  the
contrary  in  any  wise  notwithstanding.
XIV.  And  for  the  more  sure  observation  of  this  Act,  and  the
utter  extinguishment  of  all  foreign  and  usurped  power  and
authority,  may  it  please  your  Highness  that  it  may  be  further
enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid.  That  if  any  person  or  persons
dwelling  or  inhabiting  within  this  your  realm,  or  in  any  other
your  Highness'  realms  or  dominions,  of  what  estate,  dignity  or
degree  soever  he  or  they  be,  after  the  end  of  thirty  days  next
after  the  determination  of  this  session  of  this  present  Parliament,
shall  by  writing,  printing,  teaching,  preaching,  express  words,
deed  or  act,  advisedly,  maliciously  and  directly  affirm,  hold,
stand  with,  set  forth,  maintain  or  defend  the  authority,  pre-
eminence, power  or  jurisdiction,  spiritual  or  ecclesiastical,  of  any
foreign  prince,  prelate,  person,  state  or  potentate  whatsoever,


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