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1466–7 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 173 Be the grase of Jesewes, ho preserve ȝowe..in his blesed safegard.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ii. ii. 34 Who that..submytteth hym self vnder the saue gard or protection of the euylle.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 224 Thay ar all jn the protectioun, and saluegarde of the pape.

a1505 Earl of Surrey in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 481 Our Lord..haue you in his blissid saufegard.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. f. 136 Whome he..had receiued into his sauegard, custodie, and protection.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxi. xxvii. 789 To commit themselves under the protection and savegard of the Romanes.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 84 I detained my selfe under safeguard of the Cloyster untill the Gallyes were gone.

1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man v. §14. 117 We..therefore should tremble to venture on the perils either of day or night, without his safeguard.

1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. vii. 125 Under the safeguard of the colony of their nation.

1791 J. Mackintosh Vindiciæ Gallicæ i. 29 They took refuge in the sanctuary of justice, and the Parliament pronounced them under the safeguard of the law and the King.

1825 A. Pichot Hist. & Lit. Tour Foreigner in Eng. & Scotl. I. i. 3 I am..indebted to the confidence of the friend, who placed under my safeguard the young lady whom you saw.

1917 Outlook 29 Aug. 654/2 In the present awful conflict the Supreme Pontiff, under the safeguard of the Italian law,..has been able to govern his Church and to exercise his great ministry.

1981 C. O. Lawhorne Supreme Court & Libel ii. 24 Freedom of speech and freedom of the press..were finally put under the safeguard of the Supreme Court.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 213 If you doe fight in safegard of your wiues. View more context for this quotation

a1625 H. Finch Law (1636) 39 To rase ones house on fire, in safegard of the neighbours houses.

1875 ‘Britannicus’ Pacific Railway 8 The Macdonald contract was framed eminently in the public interest... There was, in safeguard of public interest, no flaw in it.

1928 H. Lauder Roamin' in Gloamin' vi. 74 The local policemen roar with merriment at..suggestive asides and jests. Today they would probably ‘take action’ in safeguard of public morals and good taste.