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DIEV ET MON DROIT

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An ACT acknowledging and asserting the Right of Succession to the Imperial Crown of SCOTLAND .

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HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE

DIEV ET MON DROIT

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THe Estates of Parliament considering that the Kings of this Realm ( deriving their Royal Power from God Almighty alone ) do succeed Lineally thereto , according to the known degrees of Proximity in Bloud , which cannot be interrupted , suspended , or diverted by any Act or Statute whatsoever ; And that none can attempt to alter or divert the said Succession , without involving the Subjects of this Kingdom in Perjury and Rebellion , and without exposing of them to all Fatal and Dreadful Consequences of a Civil War : Do therefore , from a hearty and sincere sence of their Duty , recognize , acknowledge and declare , That the Right to the Imperial Crown of this Realm , is ( by the inherent Right , and the Nature of the Monarchy , as well as by the fundamental and unalterable Laws of this Realm ) transmitted and devolved by a Lineal Succession , according to the Proximity of Bloud ; And that upon the Death of the King or Queen who actually Reigns , the Subjects of this Kingdom are bound by Law , Duty and Allegiance to obey the next immediate and lawful heir , either Male or Female , upon whom the Right and Administration of Government is immediately devolved ; And that no difference in Religion , nor no Law , nor Act of Parliament , made , or to be made , can alter or divert the Right of Succession and Lineal Descent of the Crown , to the nearest and lawful Heir , according to the degrees aforesaid ; nor can stop or hinder them in the full , frie and actual Administration of the Government , according to the Laws of the Kingdom . Like as , Our Sovereign Lord , with Advice and Consent of the said Estates of Parliament , do declare , That it is High . Treason in any of the Subjects of this Kingdom , by Writing , Speaking or any other manner of way , to endeavour the alteration , suspension or diversion of the said Right of Succession , or the debarring the next lawful Successor from the immediate , actual full , and free Administration of the Government , conform to the Laws of the Kingdom ; And that all such Attempts or Designs , shall infer against them the pain o Creason .

An ACT ratifying all former Laws for the Security of the PROTESTANT RELIGION .

OUR Sovereign Lord , with Advice and Consent of the Estates of Parliament , ratifies and approves all and whatsoever Laws , Acts and Statutes , made by His Royal Grandfather and Father of Blessed Memory , or made and past in any of His Majesty's former Parliaments , for settling and securing the Liberty and Freedom of the true Kirk of God , and the Protestant Religion presently professed within this Realm , and all Acts made against Popery , and ordains the same to stand in full Force and Effect , and to be put in Execution conformable to the tenour and purport of these Acts , as if they were specially mentioned and set down herein .

LONDON : Printed by N. Thompson , 1681.