Anno primo Reginæ Elizabethæ at the Parliament begunne at Westminster, the xxiij of Januarie, in the fyrst yere of the raigne of our soueraigne lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God, of Englande, Fraunce, and Irelande, queene, defender of the fayth &c., and there prorogued till the xxv. of the same moneth, and then and there holden, kept, and continued, vntyll the dissolution of the same, being the eight day of May then next ensuyng, were enacted as foloweth.

An acte to continue the acte made agaynst rebellious assembles. Chapter .xvj.

WHERE in the Parliament holden at Westminster the xxiiii. day of October, in the first yere of the reigne of the late Queene Marie, sister vnto the Queenes highnesse that now is, there was one acte & statute made agaynst vnlawful and rebellious assembles, to indure and stand in force vnto thend of the next Parliament then folowing, as by the same acte more playnely doth appeare. Which sayde acte and statute in the Parliament holden at Westminster the .xii. day of Nouember, in the first and second yeres of the raigne of the late king Philip and Queene Marie, amongest other thinges was then and there conti∣nued vnto the last day of the next Parliament: and after, at the next Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the .xxi. day of Octo∣ber in the ii. and .iii. yeres of the sayde late king Philip and Queene Marie, the sayde acte and statute amongest other thinges was also further continued to stande in force, vntyll the last day of the next Parliament then folowing: and also at the next Parliament holden at Westminster the .xx. day of Ianuarie in the .iiii. and .v. yeres of the raignes of the sayde late king and Queene, the saide acte and statute amongest other thinges was lykewyse further continued to stande & remayne in force vntyl the last day of the next Parliament then folo∣wyng,

whiche is this present Parliament, and so the sayde acte and statute by the actes of continuaunce aforesayde, doth stande in force but onely vnto the last day of this present Parliament.

And forasmuch as the sayd acte and statute, duryng al the time a∣foresayd, hath ben proued by experience to be a very good and benefi∣cial lawe, and meete to be continued & kept in force, aswel for the pre∣seruation of the peace, as also for the common wealth, and quietnesse of this Realme: be it therefore enacted by aucthoritie of this present Parliament, that the said act and statute, and euery braunch, clause, and article therin conteined, shal stand, remayne, continue, and be in full force and strength, to all intentes and purposes, for & during the naturall lyfe of the Queenes most excellent Maiestie that nowe is (which almightie God long preserue and continue) & to thend of the Parliament then next folowing: and that the sayd act and statute, & the wordes and sentences mentioned & conteined in the said act, shal extende and be to the Queenes hyghnesse that nowe is, as fully and amplie as euer the same did extende to the sayd late Queene Marie.