Very often it is completely unnecessary (and thus even disruptive) to explicitize exactly what one means.

Then Proclamation was made, that they that had ought to ſay for their Lord the King againſt the Priſoner at the Bar, ſhould forthwith appear and give in their evidence.

The supremacy of the various dynasties over the country depicts more of an aggrandizable character than of a permanent settlement.

Coordinate term: strategic warning