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Certain crimes declared to be treason in time coming

²Item, it is statute and ordained by our sovereign lord and his three estates in this present parliament that in case it shall happen any landed men to be lawfully and orderly convicted of the crimes of common theft, reset of theft or robbery in time coming, they shall incur the crime and pain of treason, that is loss and forfeiture of life, lands and goods.

Item, it is statute and ordained that the murder or slaughter of whatsoever our sovereign lord's lieges where the party slain is under the trusted credit, assurance and power of the slayer, all such murder and slaughter to be committed in time coming after the date hereof, the same being lawfully tried and the person dilated found guilty by an assize thereof, shall be treason, and the persons found culpable shall forfeit life, lands and goods.