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The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660

CHAPTER I
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required that all past Acts for disestablishing or disendowing the old Prelatic Church, and appropriating the revenues of the same, should hold good .-- Article XIII.

required that Old Malignants, and other such classes of persons as those disqualified for Parliament in Article IV., should be excluded also from other public trusts .-- Article XIV.

stipulated that nothing in the _Petition and Advice_ should be construed as implying the dissolution of the present Parliament before such time as his Highness should independently think fit .-- Article XV.

provided that the _Petition and Advice_ should not be construed as repealing or annulling any Laws or Ordinances already in force, not distinctly incompatible with itself .-- Article XVI.

protected in a similar way all writs, commissions, grants, law-processes, &c., issued and in operation already, even though the wording should seem a little past date .-- Article XVII.


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