Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	act_n	declare_v	parliament_n	2,663	5	6.5816	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05211	An act of Parliament passed in the first Parliament of King Charles the Second in Scotland, concerning the League and Covenant, and discharging the renewing thereof without His Majesties warrand and approbation.	Scotland. Parliament. Committee of Estates.	1700 (1700)	Wing S1128G; ESTC R183934	898	1

An ACT of Parliament passed in the First Parliament of King Charles the Second in Scotland concerning the League and Covenant and Discharging the Renewing thereof without His Majesties Warrand and Approbation FOrasmuch as the power of Arms and entring into and making of Leagues and Bonds is an undoubted Privilege of the Crown and a proper Part of the Royal Prerogative of the Kings of this Kingdom and that in Recognisance of His Majesties Just Right the Estates of Parliament of this his most Ancient Kingdom of Scotland have declared it high Treason to the Subjects thereof of whatsoever Number less or more upon any pretext whatsoever to rise or continue in Arms or to enter into Leagues and Bonds with Foreigners or among themselves without His Majesties special Warrand and Approbation had and obtained thereto and have Rescinded and Annulled all Acts of parliament Conventions of Estates or other Deeds whatsoever contrary to or inconsistent with the same And whereas during these Troubles there have occurred divers things in the making and pursuance of Leagues and Bonds which may be occasion of jealousie in and betwixt His Majesties Dominions of Scotland England and Ireland Therefore and for preventing of all Scruples Mistakes or Jealousies that may hereafter arise upon these Grounds the King's Majesty with Advice and Consent of His Estates of Parliament doth hereby Declare that there is no Obligation upon this Kingdom by Covenant Treaties or otherwise to endeavour by Armes a Reformation of Religion in the Kingdom of England or to meddle with the publick Government and Administration of that Kingdom And the King's Majesty with Advice and Consent foresaid doth Declare That the League and Covenant and all Treaties following thereupon and Acts or Deeds that do or may relate thereto are not Obligatory nor do infer any Obligation upon this Kingdom or the Subjects thereof to meddle or interpose by Armes or any Seditious way in any thing concerning the Religion and Government of the Churches of England and Ireland or in what may concern the Administration of His Majesties Government there And further His Majesty with Advice and Consent of His Estates doth hereby Discharge and Inhibit all His Majesties Subjects within this Kingdom that none of them presume upon any Pretext of any Authority whatsoever to require the renewing or swearing of the said League and Covenant or of any other Covenants or publick Oaths concerning the Government of the Church or Kingdom without His Majesties special Warrand and Approbation And that none of His Majesties Subjects offer to renew and swear the same without His Majesties Warrand as said is as they will be answerable at their highest Peril