An ordinance of explanation touching treasons England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A80964 of text R211787 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.17[77]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A80964 Wing C7134A Thomason 669.f.17[77] ESTC R211787 99870486 99870486 163325 2248506453

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A80964) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163325) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f17[77]) An ordinance of explanation touching treasons England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell) England and Wales. Council of State. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by William du-Gard and Henry Hills, printers to His Highness the Lord Protector, London : 1653 [i.e. 1654] Order to print dated: Fryday, February 17. 1653. Signed: Hen. Scobell, Clerk of the Council. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Treason -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. A80964 R211787 (Thomason 669.f.17[77]). civilwar no An ordinance of explanation touching treasons. England and Wales. Lord Protector 1654 1 333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-11 Sampled and proofread 2007-11 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
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AN ORDINANCE OF EXPLANATION TOUCHING Treasons .

WHereas by An Ordinance , Entituled , An Ordinance Declaring that the Offences therein mentioned , and no other , shall be adjudged High Treason within the Common-wealth of England , Scotland , and Ireland , it is , amongst other things , Ordained and Established , That no Matter , Fact , Crime or Offence whatsoever , other than such as are therein mentioned and expressed , should be deemed , taken , or adjudged to be High Treason ; And whereas some doubts and question may arise , whether that Clause in the said Ordinance doth not extend to the Offences mentioned in the Instrument , Entituled , The Government of the Common-wealth of England , Scotland , and Ireland , and the Dominions thereto belonging , and which are thereby Declared to be High Treason ; For clearing thereof , and removing all scruples thereupon , His Highness the Lord Protector , by and with the advice of his Council , Doth Declare and Ordain , That neither the said Ordinance , nor any Clause or thing therein contained , shall extend or be construed , adjudged or taken to extend unto all or any the Offences declared by the said Instrument to be High Treason , but that all and every the said Offences are hereby adjudged , and shall be adjudged , taken and deemed to be High Treason , and that all and every the Offendor and Offendors shall suffer the pains and penalties of High Treason , the said Ordinance , or any thing therein contained to the contrary , in any wise notwithstanding .

Fryday , February 17. 1653.

ORdered by his Highness the Lord Protector , and his Council , That this Ordinance be forthwith Printed and Published .

HEN. SCOBELL , Clerk of the Council

London , Printed by William du-Gard and Henry Hills , Printers to his Highness the Lord Protector , 1653.