HEADS
OF
THE
EXPEDIENT
Proposed
in
the
Parliament
at
Oxford
,
In
lieu
of
the
former
BILL
For
EXCLUDING
The
Duke
of
York
.
I.
THat
the
Duke
of
York
be
Banisht
during
his
Life
,
Five
hundred
Miles
from
England
,
Scotland
,
and
Ireland
,
and
the
Dominions
and
Territories
to
them
belonging
.
II.
That
the
whole
Government
,
both
Ecclesiastical
and
Civil
,
shall
upon
the
demise
of
the
King
,
be
vested
in
a
Regent
,
for
such
time
as
the
Duke
of
York
shall
Survive
.
III.
That
the
Regent
be
the
Princess
of
Orange
,
and
in
case
of
her
Decease
without
Issue
,
or
with
Issue
in
Minority
,
then
the
Lady
Anne
.
IV.
That
if
the
Duke
have
a
Son
Educated
a
Protestant
,
then
the
said
Princesses
respectively
shall
succeed
in
the
Regency
,
during
the
Minority
of
such
Son
,
and
no
longer
.
Which
obviates
an
incurable
absurdity
in
the
former
Bill
of
Exclusion
.
V.
That
the
Regent
nominate
the
Privy-Councel
,
and
they
to
be
,
or
not
to
be
approved
in
Parliament
,
as
shall
be
judged
safest
upon
directing
the
drawing
up
of
this
intended
Act.
VI.
That
notwithstanding
these
Kingdoms
(
out
of
respect
to
the
Royal
Family
,
and
Monarchy
itself
)
may
be
Governed
by
the
said
Regent
,
in
the
Name
and
Stile
of
James
the
Second
,
&c.
yet
it
shall
by
this
intended
Act
be
made
Capital
for
any
to
take
up
Arms
on
his
behalf
,
or
by
a
Commission
not
Signed
by
the
said
Regent
,
or
not
granted
by
lawful
Authority
,
derived
from
and
under
such
Regent
;
or
to
maintain
an
Opinion
,
that
the
retaining
the
said
Name
and
Stile
,
shall
in
this
case
purge
the
disabilities
imposed
by
this
Act
,
or
elude
the
force
thereof
.
VII
.
That
Commissioners
be
forthwith
sent
to
the
Prince
and
Princess
of
Orange
,
to
take
their
Oaths
that
they
will
take
upon
them
the
execution
of
this
Act
,
and
that
their
Oaths
be
here
Recorded
.
VIII
.
That
all
Officers
,
Civil
and
Military
,
forthwith
take
Oaths
to
observe
this
Act
,
and
so
all
others
from
time
to
time
,
as
in
the
Act
for
the
Test
.
IX
.
That
His
Majesty
would
graciously
declare
,
to
call
a
Parliament
in
Scotland
,
in
order
to
the
passing
the
like
Act
there
,
and
recommended
the
same
;
and
the
like
to
be
done
in
Ireland
if
thought
necessary
.
X.
That
in
case
the
said
Duke
shall
come
into
any
of
these
Kingdoms
,
then
he
shall
be
,
ipso
facto
,
totally
excluded
,
and
shall
suffer
as
in
the
former
Bill
,
and
the
Soveraignty
shall
be
forthwith
intirely
vested
in
the
Regent
,
upon
such
his
coming
into
any
of
these
Kingdoms
.
XI
.
That
all
considerable
Papists
be
Banish'd
by
Name
.
XII
.
That
their
fraudulent
Conveyances
be
defeated
.
XIII
.
That
their
Children
be
Educated
in
the
Protestant
Religion
.
By
this
means
these
Three
Kingdoms
will
be
united
in
defence
of
the
Protestant
Religion
,
His
Majesties
Person
and
Government
,
and
a
sure
foundation
laid
of
an
effectual
League
with
Holland
,
and
consequently
with
the
rest
of
Christendom
,
in
opposition
to
the
growing
greatness
of
France
.