Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	authority_n	king_n	majesty_n	2,493	5	6.1772	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46505	By the King, a proclamation forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God lately to call unto his infinite mercy the Most High and Mighty Prince, Charles the Second of most blessed memory ...	England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II); James II, King of England, 1633-1701.	1684 (1684)	Wing J238; ESTC R35432	1,217	1

By the King A PROCLAMATION JAMES R. FOrasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God lately to call unto his infinite Mercy the most High and Mighty Prince Charles the Second of most Blessed Memory the Kings Majesties most Dear and most Entirely Beloved Brother by whose Decease the Authority and Power of the most part of the Offices and Places of Jurisdiction and Government within His Majesties Dominions did cease and fail the Soveraign Person failing from whom the same were derived The Kings most Excellent Majesty in His Princely Wisdom and Care of the State reserving to His Own Judgment hereafter the Reformation and Redress of any Abuses in Mis-government upon due Knowledge and Examination thereof is pleased and hath so expresly Signified That all Persons that at the time of the Decease of the late King His dearly beloved Brother were Duly and Lawfully Possessed of or Invested in any Office or Place of Authority or Government either Civil or Military within His Majesties Realm of England and Ireland Islands of Jerzey and Guernsey Sark or Alderney or within His Majesties Colonies and Plantations in America And namely all Governors Lieutenants or Deputy Governors Councellors Judges Justices Provost-Marshalls Sheriffs Justices of the Peace and all others in place of Government either Meaner or Superior as aforesaid And all other Officers and Ministers whose Interests and Estates in their Offices are determined shall be and shall hold themselves continued in the said Places and Offices under the same Condition as formerly they held and enjoyed the same until His Majesties Pleasure be further known or that other Provision be made pursuant to His late Majesties Commission and Instructions to His Governors and Officers of the Islands Colonies and Plantations aforesaid And that in the mean while for the Preservation of the State and necessary Proceédings in matters of Justice and for the Safety and Service of the State All the said Persons of whatsoever Degreé or Condition may not fail every one severally according to his Place Office or Charge to proceéd in the Performance of all Duties thereunto belonging as formerly appertained unto them while the late King was living And further His Majesty doth hereby Will and Command all and singular His Highnesses Subjects of what Estate Dignity and Degree they or any of them be to be Aiding Helping and Assisting and at the Commandment of the said Officers and Ministers in the Performance and Execution of the said Offices and Places as they and every of them Tender His Majesties Displeasure and will answer the Contrary at their uttermost Perils And further His Majesty's Will and Pleasures and Express Commandment is That all Orders and Directions Made or Given by the Late King of most Blessed Memory the Lords of His Privy-Council or His Principal Secretaries of State or other Legal Authority derived from His said Majesty in His Life-time shall be Obeyed and Performed by all and every Person and Persons and all and every Thing and Things to be done thereupon shall Proceed as Fully and Amply as the same should have been Obeyed or Done in the Life of the said Late King His Majesty's most Dearly and most Entirely Beloved Brother until His Majesties Pleasure be further known thereupon Given at the Court at Whitehall the Sixth Day of February In the First Year of His Majesty's Reign of England Scotland France and Ireland and other His Majesties Territories and Dominions God Save the King LONDON Printed by the Assigns of John Bill deceas'd And by Henry Hills and Thomas Newcomb Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1684.