Section XXXIX No Privilege of Exemption from Subsidies, &c. shall extend to Rates granted by this Act.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That noe letters patents granted by his Majestic or any of his Royall Progenitors to any person or persons Cityes Boroughs or Townes Corporate within this Realme of any manner of Libertyes Priviledges or Exempc[i]ons from Subsidies Tolls Taxes Assessments or Aids shall be construed or taken to exempt any person or X1person City Borough or Towne Corporate or any of the Inhabitants of the same or in the Tower of London from the burthen and charge of any su[m]me or su[m]mes of money granted by this Act but that all and every such person and persons City Borough and Towne-Corporate shall pay theire proporc[i]ons of all rates and assessements by this X2 Act imposed any such Letters-Patents Grants or Charters or any Clause of Non-Obstante Matter or thing therein conteined or any Lawe Statute Custome or p[re]scripc[i]on to the contrary notwithstanding:-