Section II Publishing, &c. that His Majesty is not rightful King, or that the late King James or the pretended Prince of Wales hath any Right to the Crown, &c.

Premunire, 16 R. II. c.5.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Person or Persons shall from and after the said First Day of May maliciously by writing printing preaching teaching or advised speaking utter publish or declare that His present Majesty is not the lawfull and rightfull King of these Realms or that the late King James or the X1pretended Prince of Wales hath any Right or Title to the Crown of these Realms or that any other Person or Persons hath or have any Right or Title to the same otherwise than according to an Act of Parliament made in the First Yeare of the Reigne of His present Majesty and the late Queen intituled An Act declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and settling the Succession of the Crown such Person or Persons being thereof lawfully convicted shall incurr the Danger and Penalty of Premunire mentioned in the Statute of Premunire made in the Sixteenth Yeare of the Reigne of King Richard the Second.