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king s person, I will speak also of the king s person 

 by representation, and the treasons which touch the 

 same. 



The king s person and authority is represented 

 in three things ; in his seals, in his monies, and in 

 his principal magistrates : if therefore any have 

 counterfeited the king s great seal, privy seal, or seal 

 manual ; or counterfeited, clipped, or scaled his 

 monies, or other monies current, this is high treason ; 

 so is it to kill certain great officers or judges execu 

 ting their office. 



We will now pass to those treasons which con 

 cern the safety of the king s estate, which are of 

 three kinds, answering to three perils which may 

 happen to an estate ; these perils are, foreign inva 

 sion, open rebellion and sedition, and privy practice 

 to alienate and estrange the hearts of the subjects, 

 and to prepare them either to adhere to enemies, 

 or to burst out into tumults and commotions of 

 themselves. 



Therefore if any person have solicited or pro 

 cured any invasion from foreigners ; or if any have 

 combined to raise and stir the people to rebellion 

 within the realm ; these are high treasons, tending 

 to the overthrow of the estate of this commonwealth, 

 and to be inquired of. 



The third part of practice hath divers branches, 

 but one principal root in these our times, which is 

 the vast and overspreading ambition and usurpation 

 of the see of Rome ; for the pope of Rome is, ac 

 cording to his late challenges and pretences, become 



