Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	county_n	lord_n	peace_n	2,972	5	5.8936	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74509	An ordinance prohibiting cock-matches. Fryday March 31. 1654. Ordered by His Highness the Lord Protector, and his Council, that this ordinance be forthwith printed and published. Henry Scobell Clerk of the Council	England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell); England and Wales. Council of State.	1654 (1654)	Thomason E1063_24; ESTC R209566	515	4

AN ORDINANCE Prohibiting COCK-MATCHES Fryday March 31. 1654. ORdered by His Highness the Lord Protector and his Council That this Ordinance be forthwith printed and published HENRY SCOBELL Clerk of the Council London Printed by William du-Gard and Henry Hills Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector 1654. AN ORDINANCE Prohibiting Cock-Matches WHereas the Publique meetings and Assemblies of People together in divers parts of this Nation under pretence of Matches for Cock-fighting are by experience found to tend many times to the disturbance of the publique Peace and are commonly accompanied with Gaming Drinking Swearing Quarrelling and other dissolute practices to the dishonour of God and do often produce the ruine of Persons and their Families For prevention thereof Be it Ordained by his Highness the Lord Protector by and with the advice and consent of his Council That from henceforth there shall be no publique or set meetings or Assemblies of any persons within England or Wales upon Matches made for Cock-fighting And that every such meeting and assembly of people for the end and purposes aforesaid is hereby declared to be an unlawful Assembly and shall be so adjudged deemed and taken to be and punished And all Sheriffs Iustices of the Peace Maiors Bayliffs Constables and Head-boroughs within their several Counties Cities Limits and Iurisdictions are hereby required to suppress hinder and disperse all such meetings and assemblies Fryday March 31. 1654. ORdered by his Highness the Lord Protector and his Council That this Ordinance be forthwith printed and published Henry Scobell Clerk of the Council