Section X Person guilty, convicting Two Offenders, pardoned.

Apprentice discovering, made a Freeman.

X1And bee it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That if any person or persons being out of Prison shall from and after the said First day of May One thousand six hundred ninety five bee guilty of clipping coining counterfeiting washing filing or otherwise diminishing the Coin of this Realme and afterwards discover Two or more person or persons who already have or hereafter shall committ any of the said Crimes soe as Two or more of the person or persons discovered shall bee convicted of the same any such discoverer shall himselfe have and is hereby intituled to the gracious Pardon of his Majesty his Heires and Successors for all such his Crimes which hee or they have committed att any time or times before such discovery made And if the person making such discovery bee an Apprentice hee shall bee deemed and taken and is hereby declared a Freeman and shall have and may exercise any lawfull Trade Profession or Mystery with all Liberties X2or Priveledges and in as full and ample manner as if the said person had served the full time of his Apprenticeshipp Any Law Statute Custome or Ordnance to the contrary notwithstanding.