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However, it was supposed to be certain yt ye right of succession to any of ye Parts of ye Empire, cannot be altered by any Act of Parliamt of Gr Britain. And consequently yt any such Act would leave ye Right of Succession unaltered, & in ye state it would have been if the Act had not been made: & therefore could affect yt right only indirectly by making such limitations, with respect to ye Crown of Gr Britain, as should oblige ye eldest son to Chooose to give up his right to ye Electorate &c to secure his right to ye Crown.

The Discourse therefore in ye next place proceeded with greater certainty to ye Law of Succession to ye Crown of Gr Brittain, which is ye same now as ye Law of Succession to ye Crown of England was before ye Union.

By that Law, ye eldest Son succeeds preferably to the Younger, all ye sons preferably to ye daughters, & ye eldest daughter preferably to ye younger, & ye daughter of ye elder son preferably to his Brother. But all is alterable by Act of Parliamt. And by Act of Parlt if ye next in course be a Papist or marryed to a Papist He or she is disabled to succeed to ye Crown, & is considered no otherwise than as a Person naturally dead.

And were there an Act of Parliamt to limit the succession to ye Male line, ye Course of ye Descent of the Crown would be just ye same, as yt of ye Electorate, only alterable by Act of Parliamt.

In discoursing on ye Law of Succession to ye Crown, one thing was mentioned, & thought to be of great Importance; yt by our Law there is never any ye least Interregnum, but ye Moment he King or Queen dyes the successour is ye same Momt compleatly King or Queen & foreign: Latin ipso facto /foreign invested with ye whole Regall Power, & in full possession of ye Throne, & of ye right to ye Allegiance of ye subjects, previous to any Ceremony, of being crowned or proclaimed, or taking any oath of doing ^ addition any /addition Act whatsoever.

The Act made in ye Parliamt of Scotland to be preliminary to ye Union of ye two Kingdoms, for securing ye Protestant Religion & Presbiterian Church Goveadditionr /additionnmt in Scotland, enacts yt ye Sovereign succeeding