Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	act_n	law_n	parliament_n	5,454	5	6.8345	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40104	The history of the troubles of Suethland and Poland, which occasioned the expulsion of Sigismundus the Third, king of those kingdomes, with his heires for ever from the Suethish crown with a continuation of those troubles, untill the truce, an. 1629 : as also, a particular narration of the daily passages at the last and great treaty of pacification between those two kingdomes, concluded at Stumbsdorff in Prussia, anno 1635 : concluding with a breife commemoration of the life and death of Sr. George Duglas, Knight, Lord Ambassadour extraordinary from the late King of Great Brittaine, for the treaty above mentioned / faithfully couched by J. Fowler ...	Fowler, J. (John); Sweden. Treaties, etc. Poland, 1635 Sept. 12.; Poland. Treaties, etc. Sweden, 1635 Sept. 12.	1656 (1656)	Wing F1731; ESTC R42031	226,818	260

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that_o sudercopian_a transaction_n his_o majesty_n argue_v that_o in_o all_o lawful_a convention_n two_o thing_n be_v chief_o requisite_a first_o the_o superior_n 1._o approbation_n and_o consent_n second_o that_o the_o necessity_n and_o motive_n for_o call_v a_o parliament_n be_v mature_o signify_v unto_o he_o but_o whereas_o the_o sudercopian_a covention_n be_v hold_v without_o the_o regal_a assent_n and_o timely_a signification_n of_o the_o cause_n impel_v thereunto_o his_o majesty_n pronounce_v the_o same_o needless_a and_o unlawful_a and_o that_o his_o majesty_n affirmation_n may_v appear_v ground_v upon_o reason_n and_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o law_n he_o confirm_v and_o fortify_v the_o same_o out_o of_o the_o second_o chapter_n of_o the_o title_n of_o regall_n by_o a_o text_n wherein_o be_v express_v that_o subject_n be_v bind_v to_o obey_v their_o king_n but_o his_o majesty_n by_o edict_n prohibit_v that_o convention_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o writ_n ergo_fw-la etc._n 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