Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	king_n	law_n	prerogative_n	3,673	5	10.4433	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26069	The royal apology, or, An answer to the rebels plea wherein the most noted anti-monarchial tenents, first, published by Doleman the Jesuite, to promote a bill of exclusion against King James, secondly, practised by Bradshaw and the regicides in the actual murder of King Charles the 1st, thirdly, republished by Sidney and the associators to depose and murder His present Majesty, are distinctly consider'd : with a parallel between Doleman, Bradshaw, Sidney and other of the true-Protestant party.	Assheton, William, 1641-1711.	1684 (1684)	Wing A4038; ESTC R648	26,293	69

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it_o must_v not_o be_v deny_v that_o your_o office_n be_v a_o office_n of_o trust_n now_o sir_n if_o it_o be_v a_o office_n of_o inheritance_n as_o you_o speak_v of_o your_o title_n by_o desient_a let_v all_o man_n know_v that_o great_a office_n be_v seizable_a and_o forfeitable_a as_o if_o you_o have_v it_o but_o for_o a_o year_n and_o for_o your_o life_n p._n 73._o and_o sir_n the_o people_n of_o england_n can_v be_v so_o far_o want_v to_o themselves_o which_o god_n have_v deal_v so_o miraculous_o and_o glorious_o for_o they_o have_v power_n in_o their_o hand_n and_o their_o great_a enemy_n they_o must_v proceed_v to_o do_v justice_n to_o themselves_o and_o to_o you._n p._n 75._o sidney_n and_o other_o of_o the_o true-protestant_n party_n god_n have_v leave_v nation_n unto_o the_o liberty_n of_o set_v up_o such_o government_n as_o best_a please_v themselves_o the_o right_a and_o power_n of_o magistrate_n in_o every_o country_n be_v that_o which_o the_o law_n of_o that_o country_n 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