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"most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lords"Spiritual andTemporal,andCommonsin thispre-"sent Parliament assembled, do humbly beseech"your Majesty, tbat it may be enacted, and be it."enacted, etc.,, That no descendant of thebody of bis late Majesty King George the Se-cond, (otlier than the issue of Princesses, whohave married, or may hereafter marry intoforeign families) shall be capable of contra-cting matrimonywithout the previous con-sent of bis Majesty, bis heirs or successors,signified under the Great Seal, and declaredin Council, (which consent, to preserve thememory tbereof, is hereby directed to be setout in the license and register of marriage,and to be entered in the books of the PrivyCouncil), and that every marriage or matri-monial contract of any such descendant, with-out such consent first had and obtained, shallbe null and void to all intents and purposeswhatsoever.

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