Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	day_n	time_n	year_n	3,093	5	4.9048	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05253	Laws and acts past in the third session of the first Parliament of our most high and dread soveraign, Charles the Second, by the grace of God, King of Scotland, England, France and Ireland, defender of the faith. Holden at Edinburgh, from the eighteenth of June, 1663. to the ninth of October thereafter, on which day the Parliament was dissolved; by a noble lord, John Earl of Rothes, Lord Lefly and Bambreith ... / with the special advice and consent of the Estates of Parliament.; Laws, etc.	Scotland.; Rothes, John Leslie, Earl of, 1630?-1681.; Scotland. Convention of Estates.	1674 (1674)	Wing S1278A; ESTC R183991	41,047	48

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the_o say_v right_a shall_v be_v a_o perfect_a security_n to_o the_o bvilder_n thereof_o and_o their_o successor_n vi_o act_n discharge_v the_o importation_n of_o strong-water_n etc._n etc._n our_o sovereign_a lord_n and_o estate_n of_o parliament_n understanding_n that_o there_o be_v divers_a strong-water_n mum-beer_n and_o other_o beer_n for_o drink_v bring_v into_o this_o kingdom_n from_o foreign_a place_n which_o may_v be_v more_o convenient_o make_v within_o the_o kingdom_n to_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o native_n thereof_o therefore_o his_o majesty_n with_o consent_n of_o the_o say_n estate_n discharge_v all_o in_o bring_v of_o aqua_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la or_o strong-water_n mum_o beer_n and_o other_o beer_n for_o drink_v except_o black_a beer_n call_v spruce-beer_n within_o this_o kingdom_n under_o the_o pain_n of_o escheat_n thereof_o vii_o act_z discharge_v the_o mix_n of_o tin_n with_o lead_n our_o sovereign_a lord_n and_o estate_n of_o this_o present_a parliament_n consider_v 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the_o former_a act_n with_o this_o addition_n that_o strong_a beggar_n with_o their_o bairn_n be_v employ_v in_o common_a work_n and_o that_o they_o shall_v continue_v servant_n therein_o during_o their_o lifetime_n and_o consider_v the_o ten_o act_n of_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o parliament_n of_o his_o say_a royal_a grandfather_n king_n james_n the_o six_o recommend_v to_o all_o his_o good_a subject_n to_o take_v into_o their_o service_n poor_a and_o indigent_a child_n declare_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v subject_a to_o their_o say_a master_n their_o heir_n and_o assign_n in_o all_o kind_n of_o service_n that_o shall_v be_v enjoin_v to_o they_o until_o they_o pass_v their_o age_n of_o thirty_o year_n complete_a and_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v subject_a to_o their_o master_n correction_n and_o chastisement_n in_o all_o manner_n of_o punishment_n life_n and_o torture_n except_v and_o that_o if_o it_o shall_v happen_v the_o say_v person_n to_o absent_v themselves_o from_o their_o master_n service_n without_o their_o licence_n not_o only_o to_o be_v liable_a to_o bodily_a punishment_n at_o their_o master_n difcretion_n but_o that_o all_o recepter_n of_o they_o shall_v be_v oblige_v to_o restore_v they_o to_o their_o master_n within_o twenty_o four_o hour_n after_o they_o be_v require_v otherwise_o to_o pay_v to_o their_o say_a master_n ten_o shilling_n scot_n for_o ilk_fw-mi day_n absence_n till_o they_o be_v restore_v and_o his_o majesty_n consider_v that_o the_o chief_a cause_n whereby_o the_o foresaid_n act_n have_v prove_v in-effectual_a and_o that_o vagabound_v and_o idle_a person_n do_v yet_o so_o much_o abound_v have_v be_v that_o there_o be_v few_o or_o no_o common_a work_n then_o erect_v in_o the_o kingdom_n who_o may_v take_v and_o employ_v the_o say_v idle_a person_n in_o their_o service_n and_o that_o now_o by_o his_o majesty_n princely_a care_n common_a work_n for_o manufactury_n of_o divers_a sort_n be_v set_v up_o in_o this_o kingdom_n therefore_o his_o majesty_n with_o advice_n and_o consent_n of_o his_o estate_n in_o parliament_n ratify_v and_o approve_v the_o foresaids_n act_n of_o parliament_n with_o this_o addition_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v leisum_n to_o all_o person_n or_o society_n who_o have_v or_o shall_v set_v up_o any_o manufactury_n within_o this_o kingdom_n to_o seize_v upon_o and_o apprehend_v the_o person_n of_o any_o vagabond_n who_o shall_v be_v find_v beg_v or_o who_o be_v masterless_a and_o out_o of_o service_n have_v not_o wherewith_o to_o maintain_v themselves_o by_o their_o own_o mean_n or_o work_n and_o to_o employ_v they_o for_o their_o service_n as_o they_o shall_v see_v fit_a the_o same_o be_v do_v with_o the_o advice_n of_o the_o respective_a magistrate_n of_o the_o place_n where_o they_o shall_v be_v seize_v upon_o and_o ordain_v the_o paroch_n where_o such_o vagabond_n or_o idle_a person_n as_o shall_v be_v find_v beg_v be_v bear_v or_o in_o case_n the_o place_n of_o their_o nativity_n be_v not_o 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to_o meet_v upon_o public_a intimation_n make_v at_o the_o paroch-kirk_a upon_o any_o sabbath_n at_o the_o dissolve_v of_o the_o church_n from_o the_o first_o sermon_n by_o any_o of_o the_o heretor_n of_o the_o paroch_n or_o by_o the_o employer_n of_o the_o poor_a to_o make_v up_o a_o stint_v roll_n for_o maintenance_n of_o the_o poor_a in_o their_o paroch_n who_o shall_v be_v employ_v as_o say_v be_v at_o the_o rate_n aforesaid_a the_o one_o half_a thereof_o to_o be_v pay_v by_o the_o heretor_n either_o conform_a to_o the_o old_a extent_n of_o their_o land_n within_o the_o paroch_n or_o conform_v to_o the_o valuation_n by_o which_o they_o last_o pay_v assessment_n or_o otherways_o as_o the_o major_a part_n of_o the_o heretor_n so_o meet_v shall_v agree_v liferenters_a and_o wodsetter_n always_o be_v liable_a during_o their_o right_n as_o heretor_n and_o the_o other_o half_o thereof_o to_o be_v lay_v upon_o the_o tenant_n and_o possessor_n according_a to_o their_o mean_n and_o 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year_n during_o the_o year_n above-written_a provide_v also_o that_o the_o heretor_n in_o case_n they_o failȝie_v to_o make_v astent_fw-la roll_n as_o say_v be_v and_o be_v charge_v conform_v to_o the_o old_a extent_n or_o valuation_n of_o their_o land_n that_o they_o shall_v have_v relief_n of_o the_o tenant_n and_o possessor_n of_o their_o land_n for_o the_o one_o half_a of_o what_o they_o shall_v be_v distress_v for_o and_o his_o majesty_n with_o consent_n foresaid_n ordain_v letter_n of_o horning_n to_o be_v direct_v hereupon_o at_o the_o instance_n of_o the_o person_n or_o society_n employer_n of_o the_o poor_a or_o person_n entrust_v by_o they_o against_o the_o heretor_n and_o other_o for_o payment_n of_o the_o say_v daily_a allowance_n for_o the_o poor_a or_o against_o the_o recepter_n of_o they_o be_v so_o employ_v for_o ten_o shilling_n scot_n money_n per_fw-la diem_fw-la upon_o fifteen_o day_n only_o provide_v always_o that_o after_o examination_n of_o the_o case_n the_o 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