suited, or discontinue his, her, or their action or actions, or if a verdict shall pass against the plaintiff or plaintiffs, or if upon demurrer judgment shall be given against the plaintiff or plaintiffs, the defendant or defendants shall have and may recover treble Treble costs costs, and have the like remedy for the same, as any defendant or defendants hath or have for costs of suit in other cases by law. Public act. XIX. And be it further enacted, that this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges, justices, and others, without specially pleading the same. . (A). No. 4. Statute 53 GEO. III., cap. 160. An Act to relieve Persons who impugn the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity from certain Penalties. WHEREAS, in the nineteenth year of his present 19 Geo. 3, majesty an act was passed, intituled, 'An Act for c. 44. 1 W. & M. 'the further relief of Protestant Dissenting Minis"ters and Schoolmasters; and it is expedient to ' enact as herein-after provided.' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most excellent s. 1, c. 18, Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority s. 17, repealed. of the same, that so much of an act passed in the first year of the reign of king William and queen Mary, intituled, An Act for exempting his Majesty's Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England, from the Penalties of certain Laws, as provides that that act, or any thing therein contained, should not extend or be construed to extend to give any ease, benefit, or advantage to persons denying the Trinity as therein mentioned, be, and the same is hereby repealed. II. And be it further enacted, that the provisions of another act passed in the ninth and tenth years of the reign of king William, intituled, An Act for 9 & 10 W. the more effectual suppressing Blasphemy and Pro- 3, c. 32, in faneness, so far as the same relate to persons denying d part repealas therein mentioned respecting the Holy Trinity, 6 be and the same are hereby repealed. III. And whereas it is expedient to repeal an Acts passed act, passed in the parliament of Scotland, in the in Scotland, against 'first parliament of king Charles the Second, intituled, blasphemy, 'An Act against the Crime of Blasphemy; and repealed. 'another act, passed in the parliament of Scotland, ' in the first parliament of king William, intituled, 'An Act against Blasphemy; which acts respectively ' ordain the punishment of death.' Be it therefore enacted, that the said acts and each of them shall be, and the same are and is hereby repealed. IV. And be it further enacted, that this act shall Public act. be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges, justices and others, without being specially pleaded. (A) No. 5. Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, settled by 1 (Alluded to in p. 58). Geo. I., st. 2, c. 13. 'I, A. B., do sincerely promise and swear, that I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance to his Majesty king George.— So help me God.' 'I, A. B., do swear, that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure, as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murthered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare, that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate, hath, or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm.-So help me God (a).' Oath of Abjuration settled by 6 Geo. III., c. 53. (Alluded to in p. 58). "I, A. B., do truly and sincerely acknowledge, profess, testify, and declare in my conscience, before God and the world, that our sovereign lord king George is lawful and rightful king of this realm, and all other his Majesty's dominions and countries thereunto belonging. And I do solemnly and sincerely declare, that I do believe in my conscience, that not any of the descendants of the person who pretended to be Prince of Wales, (a) The oaths of allegiance and supremacy, imposed by the 1 W. & M. s. 1, c. 1, and required by the 1 W. & M. s. 1, c. 18, s. 2, are mutatis mutan dis, with only an immaterial transposition of the words 'jurisdiction' and 'power' in the latter oath, the same with the above. during the life of the late king James the second, and since his decease, pretended to be, and took upon himself the style and title of king of England, by the name of James the third, or of Scotland, by the name of James the eighth, or the style and title of king of Great Britain, hath any right or title whatsoever to the crown of this realm, or any other the dominions thereunto belonging: And I do renounce, refuse, and abjure any allegiance or obedience to any of them. And I do swear that I will bear faith and true allegiance to his Majesty king George, and him will defend, to the utmost of my power, against all traitorous conspiracies and attempts whatsoever, which shall be made against his person, crown, or dignity. And I will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to his Majesty, and his successors, all treasons and traitorous conspiracies which I shall know to be against him, or any of them. And I do faithfully promise, to the utmost of my power, to support, maintain, and defend the succession of the crown, against the descendants of the said James, and against all other persons whatsoever; which succession, by an act, intituled, An Act for the further 12 & 13 W. Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liẹ 3, c. 2. berties of the Subject, is and stands limited to the princess Sophia, Electoress and Duchess Dowager of Hanover, and the heirs of her body, being Protestants. And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear, according to these express words by me spoken, and according to the plain common sense and understanding of the same words, without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation whatsoever. And I do make this recognition, acknowledgment, abjuration, renunciation, and promise, heartily, willingly, and truly, upon the true faith of a Christian.-So help me God.' Declaration against Transubstantiation required by 25 Car. 2, c. 2, of Persons admitted to Office (Alluded to in p. 58). 'I, A. B., do declare, that I do believe that there is not any transubstantiation in the sacrament of the Lord's supper, or in the elements of bread and wine, at or after the consecration thereof, by any person whatsoever.' (Since 24th June, 1791, no person can be summoned to make this declaration, or be prosecuted for not obeying such summons. 31 Geo. 3, c. 32, s. 18). Declaration against Popery, required by 30 C. 2, st. 2, of Peers and Members of Parliament. 'I, A. B., do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do believe that in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper there is not any transubstantiation of the elements of bread and wine, into the body and blood of Christ, at or after the consecration thereof, by any person whatsoever: And that the invocation, or adoration of the Virgin Mary, or any other saint, and the sacrifice of the mass, as they are now used in the church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous. And I do solemnly in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me, as they are commonly understood by English Protestants, without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever, and without any dispensation already granted me for this purpose, by the Pope, or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever, or without thinking that I am, or can be acquitted before God or man, or absolved of this declaration, or any part thereof, although the Pope or any other person or persons, or power whatsoever, should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null or void from the beginning.' (Vide 31 Geo. 3, c. 32, s. 20, as to Exemptions). Declaration of Fidelity for Quakers, settled by 8 Geo. I., c. 6. (Alluded to in p. 37). I, A. B., do solemnly and sincerely promise and declare that I will be true and faithful to king George; and do solemnly, |