Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	act_n	offence_n	peace_n	2,595	5	6.0850	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05319	Act discharging the vending of any goods, from Ostend, or any other town or port of the Spanish Neatherlands [sic], till they abide their fourty dayes tryal.	Scotland. Privy Council.	1666 (1666)	Wing S1414; ESTC R182994	1,015	1

C R 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ACT Discharging the vending of any Goods brought from Ostend or any other Town or Port of the Spanish Neatherlands till they abide their fourty dayes tryal Edinburgh the fourteenth day of August one thousand six hundred and sixty six THe Lords of His Majesties Privy Council being informed that the Plague of Pestilence is now broken out in the Town of Ostend and other Towns and Places of the Spanish Neatherlands And that by reason of the Wars with Holland there is now more occasion of Trade with the saids Towns then heretofore so that the conti●●●nce thereof without any restraint may indanger this Kingdom 〈◊〉 by importing Forreign Ware and Commodities may bring in the ●●fection from which it hath pleased GOD in His infinite mercy heretofore to preserve this Kingdom Therefore they by these presents discharge all Merchants Traffickers and other persons whatsoever who shall bring any Wares or Commodities from Ostend or any other Port or Place of the Spanish Neatherlands into this Kingdom to unload any of the Ships or Vessels wherein there Goods are imported untill first they acquaint the Sheriffs Iustices of Peace Magistrates of Burghs or others His Majesties Officers of the Shires or Burghs where they shall happen first to come where they did loaden their Goods and that they receive orders for their fourty dayes tryal and in what places they shall handle their Wares and Commodities during that time under the pain of confiscation of their Ships and Goods and punishment of their Persons according to the quality and merit of their offence in manner contained in a former Act of Council dated the twelfth day of July last And commands and charges all Sheriffs Iustices of Peace Magistrates of Burghs and others His Majesties Officers within their respective bounds upon all occasions that shall require the same to meet and conveen and give order for such Guards Watches Houses Overseers and Places as they shall think most convenient for putting this Act in execution and for doing every other thing that shall be necessary for that effect With certification if they fallȝie they shall be punished in their persons and goods to the error of others and that the Customers and others where Entries are made take notice hereof and acquaint all Magistrates concerned to put this Act in execution as they will be answerable upon their highest peril And ordains these presents to stand in force till the first day of December next to come and longer during the Councils pleasure and untill they discharge the same And ordains these presents to be printed and published at the Mercat-cross of Edinburgh Peer and Shore of Lieth and other Mercat-crosses of all Sea-ports where there is any Commerce by Macers or Messengers at Armes that none pretend ignorance Pet. Wedderburne Cl. S ti Concilii EDINBVRGH Printed by Evan Tyler Printer to the King 's most Excellent Majesty 1666.