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    of the Late Queene Eliza and there Continued untill the Desolucon          Liber W. C.
    thereof being the Nine and Twentyeth day of March Intituled an
    Act Concerning Informers Itt is amongst other things Enacted That
    all accons Suites bills Indictments Or Informacons wch after Twenty
    dayes after the end of the Sessions of that Parliament should be had
    brought sued or Exhibited for any forfeiture upon any statute Penall
    made or to be made whereby the forfeiture is or shall be Limited
    to the Queene her heires or Successors onely, shal be had brought
    sued or Exhibited within Two yeares next after the Offence Comitted
    agt any such Act Penall and not after Two yeares And that all ac
    tions suites bill or Informations wch shall be after the said Twenty
    Dayes had brought sued or Comenced for any forfeiture upon any
    Penall statute made or to be made (Except the Statute of Tillage)
    the benifit and fruite whereof is or shall be by the said Statute Lim
    ited to the Queene her heires or successrs and to any other person
    wch shall be psecuted in that behalfe shall be had brought Sued or
    Comenced by any person that may Lawfully Psue for the same as
    aforesaid within one yeare next after the Offence comitted or to be          p. 501
    Comitted against the said Statute, And if any accon suite Bill Indict
    ment or Information for any Offence against any Penall statute
    made or to be made (Except the statute of Tillage) shall be brought
    after the time in that behalfe before Limited That then the same
    shall be voyd of none Effect, Any act or Statute to the Contrary
    Notwithstanding, And Whereas also by one other Act made in the
    One and Twentyeth yeare of the Raigne of Our late Soveraigne Lord
    King James of England &ca Intituled an Act for Informations upon
    Penall Statutes, Informations Upon Penall statutes shall be prose
    cuted in the said County where the Offence was Comitted, Itt is
    amongst other things therein mentioned to be Enacted That all
    Informacons to be Exhibited & all Bills Counts Plaints & Declaracons
    in any Action or suite to be Comenced against any person or persons
    Either by or on the behalfe of the King Or any other for or Con
    cerning any Offence Comitted or to be Comitted against any penall
    statute The Offence shall be layd and Alleadged to have beene
    Comitted in the County where such Offence was in Truth Comitted
    & not Else where, And that noe Officer or Minister of any Court of
    Record shall receive fill or enter of Record any Informacon plaint
    Count or Declaracon Grounded upon the said Penall statutes or
    any of them, wch before by the said Act are appointed to be heard
    and Determined in their prop Countyes untill the In former or
    Relator have first taken a Corporall Oath before some of the Judges
    of that Court that the Offence or Offences Laid in such information
    action suite or Plaint was or were Not comitted in any other County
    then where by the said informacon Bill plaint Count or Declaration
    the same is or are supposed to have beene Comitted, & that he
    beleives in his Conscience the Offence was Comitted within a Yeare
    before the Information or suite within the said County where the