WHereas Thomas Cook of Grays-Inn in the County of Middlesex, Esq having been Apprehended for Treason by Order from the Councel of State, and brought before them; and after Examination had, and Witness produced against him, Ordered by them to be Committed to the Tower of London, in order to a Tryal at Law to be had aginst him for the said Treason; and being in Custody, hath in sense of his own Guilt made a voluntary Escape, thereby endeavoring to avoid a Iust and Legal Proceeding for the said Treason so committed: Be it therefore Enacted and Ordained, and it is Enacted and Ordained by this present Parliament, and the Authority thereof, That if the said Thomas Cook shall not within four days, from the Twentieth day of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred and fifty, render himself in Custody to the Sergeant at Arms attending the Parliament, and submit him­self to a Tryal at Law for his Treason committed, That then he the said Thomas Cook shall be, and is hereby Declared Guilty, and Attainted of High Treason, and shall suffer and forfeit as in case of High Treason. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons whatsoever shall willingly and knowingly receive, harbor or conceal him the said Thomas Cook, Such person or persons so doing, shall suffer and forfeit as Traytors. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, and the Parliament doth hereby Enact and Declare, That if any person or persons shall by or before the First of May, which shall be in the year One thousand six hundred fifty one, Apprehend the said Thomas Cook, and deliver him in Custody to the said Sergeant at Arms, such person and persons for his care and pains therein, shall receive the Sum of Five hundred pounds of law­ful Money of England; which said Sum the said Councel are by vertue of this Act authorized and directed to make payment of accordingly.