Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	say_a	ship_n	vessel_n	2,979	5	10.5881	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08862	An ordinance declaring that the offences herein mentioned and no other shall be adjudged high treason within the common-wealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and the dominions there unto belonging	England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell); Scobell, Henry, d. 1660.	1653 (1653)	Wing C7125A; ESTC R172010	3,927	10

AN ORDINANCE DECLARING That the OFFENCES herein mentioned and no other shall be adjudged HIGH TREASON Within the COMMON-VVEALTH OF ENGLAND SCOTLAND and IRELAND and the Dominions thereunto belonging Thursday January 19. 1653. ORdered by His Highness the Lord Protector and His Council that this Ordinance be forthwith Printed and published HENRY SCOBEL Clerk of the Council Printed at London and re-printed at Leith 1653. An ORDINANCE declaring that the Offences herein mentioned and no other shall be adjudged HIGH TREASON within the Commonwealth of England Scotland and Ireland and the Dominions thereunto belonging THE Government of the Commonwealth of England Scotland and Ireland and the Dominions thereunto belonging and the Supreme Legislative Authority of the same being setled and established to be and reside in One Person and the People assembled in Parlament the stile of which Person is already declared to be LORD PROTECTOR of the Commonwealth of England Scotland and Ireland and the Exercise of the chief Magistracy and Administration of the Government over the said Countries and Dominions and the People thereof to be in the Lord Protector assisted with a Council who have power untill the meeting of the next Parlament which is to be the third of Sept. next to make Laws and Ordinances for the Peace and Welfare of these Nations where it shall be necessary which shall be binding and in force untill Order shall be taken in Parlament concerning the same And it being a matter of greatest Importance to the just Government of a People That Crimes and Offences of highest nature punishment and forfeiture should be most clearly and fully expressed and reduced into such certainty as the People might readily know them and knowing them might the better shun and avoid the same And by reason that the Nation of Scotland is reduced unto and brought under this Government which must necessarily occasion an alteration of some Laws formerly in force His Highness revising and perusing the severall Laws heretofore made in Cases of High Treason and to the end the same might be brought into one Body Doth Declare Establish and Ordain And be it Established and Ordained by His Highness the Lord Protector by and with the consent of His Council That if any person or persons shal compass or imagine the death of the Lord Protector for the time being Or if any person or persons shall maliciously or advisedly either by writing printing openly declaring preaching teaching or otherwise publish That the Lord Protector and the people in Parlament assembled are not the Supreme Authority of this Commonwealth Or that the Exercise of the chief Magistracie and Administration of the Government over the said Countreyes and Dominions and the People thereof is not in the Lord Protector assisted with a Council Or that the said Authority or Government is tyrannical usurped or unlawful Or that there is any Parlament now in being or that hath any Continuance or any Law in force for continuing the Parlament which is hereby declared to have been absolutely dissolved and determined upon the twentieth day of April one thousand six hundred fifty and three and shall be adjudged and taken so to be Or shall plot contrive or endeavour to stir up or raise force against the Protector or the present Government or for the subversion or alteration of the same And shall declare such endeavour or endeavours by an open Deed Then every such Offence shall be taken and adjudged to be high Treason And whereas the Lord Protector and the Council for the just and lawfull defence of this Commonwealth are at present necessitated by reason of the manifold distractions within the same and Invasions threatned from abroad to continue Armies and Forces in England Scotland and Ireland which under God must be the Instrumental means of preserving the good People of these Nations in peace and safetie Be it further Ordained and Established by the Authority aforesaid That if any person not being an Officer Souldier or Member of the Armies or Forces shall plot contrive or endeavour to stir up any mutiny in the said Armies or among the said Forces or any of them Or to withdraw any Souldiers or Officers from their obedience to their Superiour Officers or from the present Government as aforesaid Or if any person or persons whatsoever shal procure invite aid or assist any Forreiners or Strangers to invade England Scotland or Ireland or any the Dominions thereunto belonging Or shall adhere unto any Forces raised by the Enemies of this Commonwealth Or if any person or persons shall plot contrive or endeavour the betraying surrendring or yeelding up any City Town Fort Mag●zine Ship Vessel or Forces by Sea or Land belonging to this Commonwealth Or if any person or persons shall counterfeit the Great Seal of England or of Scotland or Ireland for the time being used and appointed by Authority of Parlament or by the Lord Protector with the Consent of the Council Or the Sign Manual Privie S●gnet or Privie Seal of the Lord Protector for the time being Or if any person or persons whatsoever shall proclaim declare publish or any way promote Charls Stuart Eldest Son to the late King or James Stuart ●ne other of his Sons or any other the Issue or Posterity of the said late King or any other person or persons claiming by from or under him or them or either or any of them to be King or Chief Magistrate of England Scotland or Ireland or of either or any of them or of any the Dominions to them or either or any of them belonging Or if any person or persons shall give keep or hold any Intelligence whatsoever by Lette●s M●ss●g●s or otherwise to or with the sa●d Charles Stuart James Stuart the late Queen their Mother or any of th●m Or i● any person or persons shall counterfeit the Money of this Commonwealth or shall bring any false Money into this Land either Counterfeit or other like to the Money of this Common-wealth knowing such Money to be false to the intent to Merchandize or otherwise Or if any person or persons shall hereafter falsly forge or Counterfeit any such kinde of Coyn either of Gold or Silver which is not the proper Coyn of this Common wealth and yet is or shall be current within the same Or shall bring from the parts beyond the Seas into this Common-wealth or into any the Dominions of the same any such false or Counterfeit Coyn of Money being current within this Common wealth as is abovesaid knowing the said Money to be false and Counterfeit to the intent to utter or make payment with the same within this Common-wealth by Merchandize or otherwise Or if any person or persons shall Impair Diminish Falsifie Clip Wash Round File Scale or lighten for wicked lucre or gaines sake any the proper Moneys of this Common-wealth or of the Dominions thereof or of the Moneys or Coyns of any other place allowed or suffered to be current within this Common-wealth or the