Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	king_n	people_n	regal_a	3,304	5	11.2674	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82427	An act for the abolishing the kingly office in England, Ireland, and the dominions thereunto belonging.; Laws, etc.	England and Wales.; Scobell, Henry, d. 1660.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1649 (1649)	Wing E1086A; ESTC R212317	2,157	4

AN ACT For the Abolishing the KINGLY OFFICE IN England Ireland And the Dominions thereunto belonging WHereas Charls Stuart late King of England Ireland and the Territories and Dominions thereunto belonging hath by Authority derived from Parliament been and is hereby declared to be justly condemned adjudged to dye and put to death for many Treasons Murthers and other hainous Offences committed by him by which Iudgement he stood and is hereby Declared to be attained of High Treason whereby his Issue and Posterity and all others pretending Title under him are become uncapable of the said Crowns or of being King or Queen of the said Kingdom or Dominions or either or any of them Be it therefore Enacted and Ordained and it is Enacted Ordained and Declared by this present Parliament and by Authority thereof That all the People of England and Ireland and the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging of what degree or condition soever are discharged of all Fealty Homage and Allegiance which is or shall be pretended to be due unto any of the Issue and Posterity of the said late King or any claiming under him and that Charls Stuart eldest son and James called Duke of York second son and all other the Issue and Posterity of him the said late King and all and every person and persons pretending Title from by or under him are and be disabled to hold or enjoy the said Crown of England and Ireland and other the Dominions thereunto belonging or any of them or to have the Name Title Stile or Dignity of King or Queen of England and Ireland Prince of Wales or any of them or to have and enjoy the power and Dominion of the said Kingdoms and Dominions or any of them or the Honors Manors Lands Tenements Possessions Hereditaments belonging or appertaining to the said Crown of England and Ireland and other the Dominions aforesaid or to any of them or to the Principality of Wales Dutchy of Lancaster or Cornwal or any or either of them Any Law Statute Ordinance Vsage or Custom to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding And whereas it is and hath been found by experience that the Office of a King in this Nation and Ireland and to have the power thereof in any single person is unnecessary burthensom and dangerous to the Liberty Safety and publique Interest of the People and that for the most part use hath been made of the Regal power and prerogative to oppress impoverish and enslave the subject and that usually and naturally any one person in such power makes it his Interest to incroach upon the just Freedom and Liberty of the People and to promote the setting up of their own will and power above the Laws that so they might enslave these Kingdoms to their own lust Be it therefore Enacted and Ordained by this present Parliament and by authority of the same That the Office of a King in this Nation shall not henceforth reside in or be exercised by any one single person and that no one person whatsoever shall or may have or hold the Office Stile Dignity Power or Authority of King of the said Kingdoms and Dominions or any of them or of the Prince of Wales Any Law Statute Vsage or Custom to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding And it is hereby Enacted That if any person or persons shall endeavor to attempt by force of Arms or otherwise or be ayding alsisting comforting or abetting unto any person or persons that shall by any ways or means whatsoever endeovor or attempt the reviving or setting up again of any pretended Right of the said Charls eldest Son to the said late King James called Duke of York or of any other the Issue and Posterity of the said late King or of any person or persons claiming under him or them to the said Regal Office Stile Dignity or Authority or to be Prince of Wales or the promoting of any one person whatsoever to the Name Stile Dignity Power Prerogative or Authority of King of England and Ireland and Dominions aforesaid or any of them That then every such Offence shall be deemed and adjudged High Treason and the Offenders therein their Councellors Procurers Ayders and Abettors being convicted of the said Offence or any of them shall be deemed and adjudged Traytors against the Parliament and People of England and shall suffer lose and forfeit and have such like and the same Pains Forfeitures Iudgements and Execution as is used in case of High Treason And whereas by the Abolition of the Kingly Office provided for in this Act a most happy way 〈◊〉 made for this Nation if God see it good t● return to its just and ancient Right of bein● governed by its own Representatives or National Meetings in Councel from time to time chosen and entrusted for that purpose by the People It is therefore Resolved and Declared by the Commons assembled in Parliament That they will put a period to the sitting of this present Parliament and dissolv● the same so soon as may possibly stand with th● safety of the people that hath betrusted them and with what is absolutely necessary for th● preserving and upholding the Governmen● now setled in the way of a Commonwealth and that they will carefully provide for th● certain chusing meeting and sitting of th● next and future Representatives with such ●ther Circumstances of Freedom in choyce an equality in distribution of Members to be elected thereunto as shall most conduce to the las●ing freedom good of this Commonwealth And it is hereby further Enacted Declared notwithstanding any thing contained in thi● Act no person or persons of what condition equality soever within the Commonwealth o● England and Ireland Dominion of Wales th● Islands of Guernsey and Jersey and Town o● Berwick upon Tweed shall be discharged from the obedience and subjection which he and the owe to the Government of this Nation as i● is now Declared but all and every of them shall in all things render and perform th● same as of right is due unto the supreme Authority hereby declared to reside in this and th● successive Representatives of the People o● this Nation and in them onely Hen Scobell Cleric Parliamenti