Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	authority_n	highness_n	jurisdiction_n	2,928	5	10.0687	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81034	By the Protector. A proclamation signifying His Highness pleasure, that all men being in office of government, at the decease of his most dear father, Oliver late Lord Protector, shall so continue till His Highness further direction.	England and Wales. Lord Protector (1658-1660 : R. Cromwell); Cromwell, Richard, 1626-1712.	1658 (1658)	Wing C7190; Thomason 669.f.21[14]; ESTC R211140	1,256	1

PAX QVAERITVR BELLO OLIVARIVS DEI ◆ GRA ◆ REIPVB ◆ ANGLIAE ◆ SCOTIAE ◆ ET HIBERNIAE c PROTECTOR ◆ By the Protector A PROCLAMATION Signifying His HIGHNESS Pleasure That all men being in Office of Government at the decease of his most dear Father OLIVER late Lord Protector shall so continue till His HIGHNESS further Direction WHereas it hath pleased the most wise God in his providence to take out of this world the most Serene and Renowned Oliver late Lord Protector of this Commonwealth the most dear and beloved Father of His Highness Richard now Lord Protector by whose decease the Authority and Power of the most part of the Offices and Places of Iurisdiction and Government within these Nations did cease and fail the Soveraign Person failing from whom the same was derived And thereupon through doubtfulness or want of Authority in such persons as were Invested in the said Offices and Places the setled and ordinary course of Iustice and of the Affairs of State if remedy be not provided might receive disturbance and prejudice by discontinuance and interruption His Highness the Lord Protector in his Princely Wisdom and Care of the State reserving to his own Iudgement hereafter the Reformation and Redress of any Abuses in Mis-government upon due knowledge and Examination thereof is pleased and hath so expresly signified by and with the Advice of the Council That all Persons that at the time of the decease of His late Highness his dearly beloved Father were duely and lawfully Possessed of or Invested in any Office or Place of Authority or Government either Civil or Martial w●thin these Nations or any other the Dominions or Territories thereunto belonging And namely all Iudges Iustices Sheriffs Iustices of 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 or ceased by the means aforementioned shall be and shall hold themselves continued in the said Places and Offices as formerly they held and enjoyed the same until His Highness pleasure be further known And that in the mean while for the preservation of the Peace and necessary Proceedings in matters of Iustice and for the safety and service of the State all the said Persons of whatsoever degree or condition every one severally according to his Place Office or Charge do proceed in the performance and execution of all Duties thereunto belonging as formerly appertained unto them and every of them while His late Highness was living And further His Highness doth hereby Will and Command all and singular the good People of this Commonwealth of what Estate Dignity or Degree they or any of them be to be aiding helping 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 Highness pleasure and will answer for the contrary at their utmost perils And further His Highness Will and Pleasure and express Commandment is That all Orders and Directions made or given by the Lords of the Privy Council in the life-time of His late Highness 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 late Lord Protector His Highnesses most dear and entirely beloved Father Given at White-Hall this Fourth of September in the year of our Lord God One thousand six hundred fifty and eight LONDON Printed by Henry Hills and John Field Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector 1658.