Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	council_n	king_n	privy_a	1,162	5	9.8102	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22535	Charles, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. to all and singular mayors, recorders, customers, comptrollers ... of and within all and singular the port townes ...	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1630 (1630)	STC 8968; ESTC S3769	5,500	1

CHarles by the grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland defendor of the faith c. To all and singular Mayors Recorders Customers Comptrollers Surueyors Searchers all Farmers Deputies of and within all and singular the Port Townes Ports Hauens and Creekes within this our Realme of England and the Dominion of Wales now being and that hereafter shall be And to all and singular our Iustice of the peace hauing or which shall haue authoritie within the said port Townes Ports Hauens and Creekes and euery and any of them for the time being Greeting Whereas our late dread and Royall Father King Iames of happy memorie by his Proclamation dated at Westminster the ninth of Iuly in the fifth yeare of his Raigne of Great Britaine France and Ireland did straightly prohibite and forbid all manner of persons being naturall borne Subiects of this our Realme or any of the Dominions of the same of what estate or degree soeuer they were that they or any of them other then such persons as were excepted in and by an acte of Parliament made in the fift yeare of the Raigne of King Richard the Second in the said Proclamation mentioned and other then Souldiers Marchants Marryners and their Factors and Apprentices should not at any time thereafter without speciall lycence of our said Father or of any foure or more of his priuy Councell whereof his principall Secretarie for the time being to be one passe or departed out of our Realme of England or any the Dom●nions of the same Into the Kingdomes Countryes Territories or Dominions of any forraine King Prince of State or Potentate vpō corporal their great heauie paines penalties as by the Laws of this our Realme might be inflicted vpon such as shall offend therein for their so haynous and vnnaturall offences against their naturall Leige Lord and Country in that behalfe As by the said Proclamation amongst other things morefully and plainly appeareth And our said Father taking into his consideration that there were diuers persons aswell Women and Children vnder the age of one and twenty yeares as others besides the persons not restrayned by his said proclamation whereof some had good and necessarie occasions to passe beyond the Seas who neuerthelesse could not lawfully passe out of the same without such Lycence as in his said Proclamation was appointed in that behalfe In which cases for euery such of his said Subiects to obtaine Lycence from our said Father or foure of his Councell whereof his principall Secretary to be one was very inconuenient And that diuers of his Subiects being persons vnknowne and euill affected to the State of this Kingdome did oftentimes conuey themselues out of this Realme into the Ports beyond the Seas and combine themselues with f●raigne Enemies thereby to make trouble and disturbance to our said Father and his people did by seuerall Commissions vnder his great Seale of England giue power and authoritie to the Chiefe officers within the Ports of this Kingdome to administer an Oath vnto such persons as should desire to goe ouer beyond the Seas and to examine them and such as they shall finde to goe ouer vpon any good or lawfull occasion to allow and s●ffer to passe with diuers prouisions therin Neuerthelesse for the restraint of such as should be suspected or discouered to be persons dangerous or fit to be made instruments of desperate attemps which Commissions haue taken good effect to the purpose to which they were intended Know yet therefore that wee hauing well weighed the premises and for the exp●dition of such our Subiects as shall haue good and necessarie occasion to passe into our Realme of Ireland or into any other place or places elsewhere beyond the Seas And to quit and ease ourselues and our Priuie Councell of that continuell suite and trouble which thereby would happen vnto vs and them to the hinderance of other our weightie affaires and also to preuent as much as wee may all danger that may happen to vs or our Estate in the cases aforesaid And reposing trust and confidence in your fidelities w●sdomes and circumspections hauing assigned and appoynted and by these presents doe assigne and appoint you to be our Comissioners And wee doe hereby giue vnto you or any two or more of you full power and authoritie within the seuerall Iurisdictions Ports Creekes and Places respectiuely where you and euery of you are to execute your seuerall offices and places or to attend from time to tim● except the Ports of London Douer Sandwich Bristoll Beawmorris Chester and Leuerpoole to m●nister an Oath to all euery person parsons as well Women and Childr●n v●der ●he age of one and twenty yeares being of conuenient age to take an Oath as other Person and Persons other then the persons not restrayned as aforesaid as sh●ll offer or d●si●e to goe ouer the Seas to our said Realme of Ireland or into any other place or places elsewhere beyond the Seas at any of the said Ports Hauens or Creekes respectiuely as aforesaid except before excepted to answere truely to such questions as you or any two or more of you shall aske of them And vpon such their Oath to aske learne of them thei● Names and Su●●●ances the place of their birth and aboad their state degree vocation trade mysterie or occupation and the true cause or causes of their going ouer toge●●er with the place or places whether they intend or are to goe and the time that they intend and are lik● to stay and tarry before they returne all other questions that your discretions accordin● to the o●●asio●s ●ou shall thinke fit All which persons and their answeres in the pointes aforesaid or what else ●n your discretions you shall thinke fit to be demanded of them and the time of their pass●ge● We will that you cause an orderly and perfect entry to be made in a Booke by such Clarke or Clarkes as we haue nominated and appointed or shall nomina●e and appoi●te thereunto vnder our great Seale of England or his or there Deputy or Deputies whi●h booke may be extended vpon all occasions And wee doe also by these presents giue full power and aut●oritie vnto yo● or any two or more of you respectiuely within all and euery the said Ports Hauens and Creekes except before excepted to tender the Oath mentioned 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 acte o● P●rl●●m●nt made in the third yeare of our said late Fathers Raigne of England Scotl●nd France and Ireland In●ituled an acte for the discouering and repressing of Pop●sh re●●s●nts vnto any such person or persons as you or any two or more of you in your discretio● shall thinke fit except such persons as are not restrayned by the said Proclamation which shall be ●●es●●●us to passe ouer the Seas into our said Realme of Ireland or into any other pl●ce or places els●where beyond the Seas at the s●id Ports Ha●ens or Creekes respectiuely except before excepted vpon which examination so by you or any