viii!Tii..         Th^  statute  26  Henry  VIII.  c.   13,   sect.    2,   or-
dained,—

That  if  any  person  or  persons,  after  the  first  day  of
February  next  coming,  do  maliciously  wish,  will,  or  desire,  by
words  or  writing,  or  by  craft  imagine,  invent,  practise  or
attempt  any  bodily  harm  to  be  done  or  committed  to  the  King's
most  royal  person,  the  Queen's,  or  their  heirs  apparent,  or  to
deprive  them,  or  any  of  them,  of  their  dignity,  title,  or  name  of
their  royal  estates,  or  slanderously  and  maliciously  publish
and  pronounce,  by  express  writing  or  words,  that  the  King
our  Sovereign  Lord  should  be  heretic,  &c.,  then  such  person
or  persons  shall  be  adjudged  traitors,  and  their  offence  re-
puted high   treason,  and  being   convict,  shall  suffer   as   pro-


in  Ejigland.  425

vided  in  cases  of  high  treason  :  and  further,  that  no  offender  ^^,Jienry

VIII.,  c.  ij

shall  have  the  benefit  of  sanctuary.  s.  2.
