Section III Persons, excepting they are authorized, marking the Edges of Coin, or Persons marking Edges of any Counterfeit Coin;

High Treason.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Person or Persons (other than the Persons imployed in his Majesties Mint or Mints or such as shall have Authority from the Lords Co[m]missioners of the Treasury or Lord High Treasurer of England for the time being) shall after the said Fifteenth Day of May mark on the Edges any the current Coine of this Kingdome or if any Person or Persons whatsoever shall mark on the Edges any of the diminisht Coine of this Kingdome or any counterfeit Coine resembling the Coine of this Kingdome with Letters or Grainings or other Marks or Figures like unto those on the Edges of Money coined in his Majesties Mint every such Offence shall be and is hereby adjudged to be High Treason and the Offender and Offenders therein his & their Cou[m]cellors Procurers Aiders & Abettors being thereof convicted or attainted according to the Order and Course of the Laws of this Realme shall suffer Death as in case of High Treason.