An act for the apprehension of Thomas Cook Esq; England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A82429 of text R211260 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.16[2]). 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. 3 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 A82429 Wing E1089 Thomason 669.f.16[2] ESTC R211260 99869989 99869989 163159 2240953368

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A82429) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163159) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f16[2]) An act for the apprehension of Thomas Cook Esq; England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by John Field, Printer to the Parliament of England, London : 1650 [i.e. 1651] Order to print dated: Die Jovis, 20 Martii, 1650. Signed: Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti. With Parliamentary seal at head of text. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Cook, Thomas -- Early works to 1800. Treason -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. A82429 R211260 (Thomason 669.f.16[2]). civilwar no An act for the apprehension of Thomas Cook Esq; England and Wales. Parliament. 1651 1 522 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 ACT For the Apprehension of Thomas Cook Esq

WHereas Thomas Cook of Grays-Inn in the County of Middlesex , Esq having been Apprehended for Treason by Order from the Councel of State , and brought before them ; and after Examination had , and Witness produced against him , Ordered by them to be Committed to the Tower of London , in order to a Tryal at Law to be had aginst him for the said Treason ; and being in Custody , hath in sense of his own Guilt made a voluntary Escape , thereby endeavoring to avoid a Iust and Legal Proceeding for the said Treason so committed : Be it therefore Enacted and Ordained , and it is Enacted and Ordained by this present Parliament , and the Authority thereof , That if the said Thomas Cook shall not within four days , from the Twentieth day of March , in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred and fifty , render himself in Custody to the Sergeant at Arms attending the Parliament , and submit himself to a Tryal at Law for his Treason committed , That then he the said Thomas Cook shall be , and is hereby Declared Guilty , and Attainted of High Treason , and shall suffer and forfeit as in case of High Treason . And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid , That if any person or persons whatsoever shall willingly and knowingly receive , harbor or conceal him the said Thomas Cook , Such person or persons so doing , shall suffer and forfeit as Traytors . And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid , and the Parliament doth hereby Enact and Declare , That if any person or persons shall by or before the First of May , which shall be in the year One thousand six hundred fifty one , Apprehend the said Thomas Cook , and deliver him in Custody to the said Sergeant at Arms , such person and persons for his care and pains therein , shall receive the Sum of Five hundred pounds of lawful Money of England ; which said Sum the said Councel are by vertue of this Act authorized and directed to make payment of accordingly .

Die Jovis , 20 Martii , 1650.

ORdered by the Parliament , That the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex be Authorized and Required forthwith to Proclaim this Act at the usual times and places within the City of London and County of Middlesex ; And that the respective Sheriffs of the several Counties be likewise Authorized and Required to Proclaim this Act forthwith upon receipt hereof , in the several and respective Cities and Market-Towns within the several Counties of this Commonwealth .

Hen: Scobell , Cleric . Parliamenti .
Die Jovis , 20 Martii , 1650.

ORdered by the Parliament , That this Act be forthwith printed and published .

Hen: Scobell , Cleric . Parliamenti .

London , Printed by John Field , Printer to the Parliament of England , 1650.