88 A PREPARATION FOR THE UNION OF LAWS. 



Where a man doth persuade or withdraw any of 

 the king s subjects from his obedience, or from the 

 religion by his majesty established, with intent to 

 withdraw him from the king s obedience, it is 

 treason. 



Where a man is absolved, reconciled, or with 

 drawn from his obedience to the king, or promiseth 

 his obedience to any foreign power, it is treason. 



Where any Jesuit, or other priest ordained since 

 the first year of the reign of queen Elizabeth, shall 

 come into, or remain in any part of this realm, it is 

 treason. 



Where any person being brought up in a col 

 lege of Jesuits, or seminary, shall not return within 

 six months after proclamation made, and within two 

 days after his return submit himself to take the oath 

 of supremacy, if otherwise he do return, or be within 

 the realm, it is treason. 



Where a man doth affirm or maintain any au 

 thority of jurisdiction spiritual, or doth put in use or 

 execute any thing for the advancement or setting 

 forth thereof, such offence, the third time committed, 

 is treason. 



Where a man refuseth to take the oath of supre 

 macy, being tendered by the bishop of the diocese, if 

 he be an ecclesiastical person ; or by commission out 

 of the chancery, if he be a temporal person ; such 

 offence the second time is treason. 



Where a man committed for treason doth volun 

 tarily break prison, it is treason. 



Where a jailor doth voluntarily permit a man 

 commited for treason to escape, it is treason. 



