Selected quad for the lemma: head_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
head_n	authority_n	church_n	king_n	4,379	5	4.1713	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26138	The original and growth of printing	Atkyns, Richard, 1615-1677.	1660 (1660)	Wing A4134; ESTC R30711	3,851	1

several Books of Divinity and Physick for the King for Reasons best known to himself and Council permitted then no Law-Books to be Printed nor did any Printer Exercise that ART but onely such as were the Kings sworn Servants the King himself having the Price and Emolument for Printing Books Printing thus brought into England was most Graciously Received by the King and most Cordially Entertained by the Church the Printers having the Honour to be sworn the Kings Servants and the Favour to Lodge in the very Bosom of the Church as in Westminster St. Albans Oxford c. By this means the ART grew so famous that Anno prim Rich. 3. cap. 9. when an Act of Parliament was made for Restraint of Aliens from using any Handicrafts here except as Servants to Natives a special Proviso was inserted that Strangers might bring in Printed or Written Books to sell at their pleasure and Exercise the ART of Printing here notwithstanding that Act So that in the space of 40 or 50 years by the special Industry and Indulgence of Edward the Fourth Edward the Fifth Richard the Third Henry the Seventh and Henry the Eighth the English prov'd so good Proficients in Printing and grew so numerous as to furnish the Kingdom with Books and so Skilful as to Print them as well as any ●●yond the Seas as appears by the Act of the 25 Hen. 8. cap. 15. which Abrogates the said Proviso for that Reason And it was further Enacted in the said Statute That if any person bought Forreign books Bound he should pay 6s 8d per Book c. But Printing became now so dangerous to the Common-wealth That there were more Books Burnt in Ten years then could be Printed in Twenty So that it Concern'd the Prince altogether as much to Suppress the Abuse as it did before to Obtain the Use of Printing And had there not been a Reserve of Licensing such Books as should be Printed still remaining in the Crown they might have published the wickedness of their own Imaginations with Authority But Queen Elizabeth at her very first Entrance to the Crown finding so great Disorders in Church and State by reason of the abuse in Printing Secures in the first place the Law and the Gospel of both which the Kings and Queens of England have Inherent Right as Heads of the Church and Supream of the Law and not onely in their publick but private Capacity as Proprietors the Power and Signiory of this under Favour cannot be severed from the Crown The Kings being the Trustees of the People who have formerly taken an Oath at their Coronation That they shall keep all the Lands Honours and Dignities Rights and Freedoms of the Crown of England in all manner whole without any manner of minishment and the Right of the Crown hurt decay'd or lost to their Power shall call again into the Ancient Estate Which Oath the said Queen kept inviolably and liv'd the more quietly for it all the time of her Reign and died in Peace True it is they may and do gratifie their Friends and Servants in giving them the Emoluments and Profits that arise from Printing but the Power they cannot alienate from the Crown without losing the most precious Stone out of their Diadem To shew you one Example for all The said Queen the first Year of her Reign grants by Patent the Priviledge of sole Printing all Books that touch or concern the Common-Laws of England to ●ottel a Servant to her Majesty who kept it intire to his Death After him to one Yestweirt another Servant to Her Majesty After him to one We●●●t and Norton and after them King James grants the same Priviledge to More one of His Majesties Clerks of the Signet which Grant continues to this Day and so for the Bible the Statute-Laws the Book of Common-Prayer Proclama●●ons as much as the Grammer the Primme● c. are all 〈◊〉 by Kings and Queens not onely to gratifie their Frien●● and Servants but to preserve the Regal Power and Authority 〈◊〉 Foot and these Books from being Corrupted