Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	council_n	parliament_n	privy_a	2,717	5	9.7040	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05568	A proclamation, discharging merchants and other traffickers to sell or exchange any prohibite [sic] commodities, with themselves, or amongst others.	Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1649-1685 : Charles II)	1683 (1683)	Wing S1750; ESTC R183441	1,500	1

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prohibit_v and_o discharge_v under_o the_o certification_n and_o penalty_n express_v therein_o and_o albeit_o we_o then_o understand_v that_o the_o import_v and_o vent_v of_o these_o prohibit_v commodity_n can_v hardly_o be_v restrain_v without_o a_o total_a prohibition_n have_v be_v give_v to_o the_o wear_n thereof_o yet_o out_o of_o a_o tenderness_n to_o the_o merchant_n who_o may_v have_v have_v have_v great_a part_n of_o their_o stock_n in_o these_o commodity_n upon_o their_o hand_n we_o think_v it_o not_o then_o fit_a to_o make_v a_o total_a and_o immediate_a prohibition_n to_o the_o wear_v but_o ordain_v they_o to_o be_v put_v under_o bond_n not_o to_o import_n any_o of_o these_o prohibit_v good_n thereafter_o nor_o to_o vent_v sell_v barter_n or_o exchange_v any_o thereof_o upon_o hazard_n of_o incur_v the_o certification_n contain_v therein_o and_o notwithstanding_o there_o have_v be_v more_o than_o sufficient_a time_n allow_v to_o the_o merchant_n to_o have_v sell_v off_o 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next_o certify_v such_o as_o shall_v upon_o pretext_n hereof_o import_n any_o prohibit_v commodity_n or_o vent_v sell_v barter_n or_o exchange_v any_o thereof_o after_o the_o say_a day_n the_o same_o shall_v be_v confiscate_v burn_v and_o destroy_v and_o the_o person_n guilty_a otherwise_o punisn_v conform_v to_o the_o say_a act_n of_o parliament_n give_v under_o our_o signet_n at_o edinburgh_n the_o sixteen_o day_n of_o august_n one_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o eighty_o and_o three_o and_o of_o our_o reign_n the_o thirty_o and_o five_o year_n per_fw-la actum_fw-la dominorum_fw-la secreti_fw-la concilii_fw-la will._n paterson_n cls._n sti._n concilii_fw-la god_n save_o the_o king_n edinburgh_n print_v by_o the_o heir_n of_o andrew_n anderson_n printer_n to_o his_o most_o sacred_a majesty_n 1683._o