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Earl of Clarendon Act 1667
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II.If the said Earl return, to suffer the Penalties of Treason, and to be incapable of Pardon except by Act of Parliament.
Corresponding with the said Earl; (Exception); Penalty.; Letters sent to and received from the said Earl to be shewed to Secretary of State.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That it shall bee and be taken to be Treason for the said Earle at any time to return into or bee found in England or any other His Majesties Dominions after the first day of February according to the Accompt of England One thousand six hundred sixty seven And that in case the said Earle shall att any time returne into or be found in England or any other His Majesties Dominions after the said first day of February That the said Earle shall suffer the paines and penalties of Treason and be made incapable of any pardon from the Kings Majesty his Heires and Successors but by Act of Parliament And that all correspondency with the said Earl except it be of his Children or such persons as shall be licensed by the King in Council concerning his Estate and domestick Affairs only after the said first day of February shall be and be taken to be of the same nature as correspondency with a Traitor and the offender therein shall suffer such paines and penalties as by the Lawes of this Realm are to be inflicted upon such persons as keepe correspondence with Traitors [X1And that all Letters sent to the said Earle be shewed to one of the Principal Secretaries of State before they be sent And that all Letters which shall be received from the said Earle be likewise shewed to one of the Principal Secretaries within ten dayes next after such receipt under the penalties aforesaid]
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