Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	bishop_n	king_n	power_n	6,810	5	5.2090	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64569	A speech of VVilliam Thomas, esquire Ianurary, 1641 concerning the right of Bishops sitting and voting in Parliament : wherein hee humbly delivereth his opinion that their sitting and voting there is not onely inconvenient and unlawfull	Thomas, William, Sir, d. 1653?	1641 (1641)	Wing T984; ESTC R17410	8,493	42

a_o speech_n of_o william_n thomas_n esquire_n january_n 1641._o concerning_o the_o right_a of_o bishop_n sit_v and_o vote_v in_o parliament_n wherein_o he_o humble_o deliver_v his_o opinion_n that_o their_o sit_v and_o vote_v there_o be_v not_o only_o inconvenient_a and_o unlawful_a but_o that_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_a for_o the_o make_n up_o of_o free_a and_o full_a parliament_n nay_o that_o they_o have_v no_o right_a thereto_o for_o such_o reason_n as_o he_o declare_v parliament_n and_o statute_n therein_o make_v be_v of_o force_n and_o no_o way_n null_v notwithstanding_o their_o absence_n whether_o voluntary_a or_o enforce_v and_o that_o they_o have_v not_o right_o to_o their_o temporalty_n whereby_o they_o challenge_v their_o right_n to_o sit_v and_o vote_v in_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n lay_v peer_n and_o therefore_o under_o correction_n he_o do_v think_v that_o the_o several_a petition_n of_o the_o city_n of_o london_n and_o other_o as_o unto_o that_o be_v fair_o and_o just_o offer_v and_o as_o they_o ought_v of_o due_a right_a to_o be_v admit_v and_o receive_v so_o to_o be_v speedy_o debate_v and_o vote_v as_o he_o humble_o conceive_v print_v at_o london_n by_o th._n harper_n 1641._o a_o speech_n of_o william_n thomas_n esquire_n i_o have_v late_o declare_v my_o opinion_n herein_o in_o part_n as_o to_o the_o inconvenience_n i_o have_v also_o express_v that_o i_o be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n as_o to_o the_o unlawfulness_n of_o the_o sit_n of_o bishop_n in_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n which_o i_o do_v but_o brief_o touch_v therefore_o desire_v i_o may_v a_o little_a further_o enlarge_v myself_o there_o be_v a_o necessity_n thereof_o as_o shall_v appear_v for_o that_o in_o the_o delivery_n of_o that_o which_o i_o be_o now_o to_o speak_v of_o it_o can_v be_v avoid_v i_o say_v now_o that_o i_o do_v likewise_o conceive_v that_o they_o have_v no_o right_a to_o sit_v there_o and_o in_o my_o render_n and_o proof_n hereof_o i_o will_v be_v as_o brief_a as_o 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