Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	king_n	kingdom_n	law_n	7,454	5	4.9748	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29941	Camera regis, or, A short view of London containing the antiquity, fame, walls, bridge, river, gates, tower, cathedral, officers, courts, customs, franchises, &c. of that renowned city / collected out of law & history and methodized for the benefit of the present inhabitants by John Brydall ...	Brydall, John, b. 1635?	1676 (1676)	Wing B5253; ESTC R2537	44,312	135

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aedificiis_fw-la finitur_fw-la quòd_fw-la latiùs_fw-la patet_fw-la 50.16.87_o d._n 50.16.87_o ut_fw-la alfenus_n ait_fw-la vrbs_fw-la est_fw-la roma_fw-la quae_fw-la muro_fw-la cingeretur_fw-la roma_fw-it est_fw-la etiam_fw-la qua_fw-la continenti_fw-la ae_v ficia_fw-la essent_fw-la nam_fw-la romam_fw-la non_fw-la muro_fw-la tenus_fw-la existimari_fw-la ex_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la cotidiana_fw-la posse_fw-la intelligi_fw-la cum_fw-la diceremus_fw-la romam_fw-la nos_fw-la ire_n etiam_fw-la si_fw-la extra_fw-la urbem_fw-la habitaremus_fw-la 2._o what_o a_o city_n what_o a_o corporation_n be_v a_o city_n in_o latin_a civitas_n b._n co_z littl._n ●_o 109._o b._n and_o in_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o borough_n incorporate_v which_o have_v or_o have_v have_v a_o bishop_n and_o though_o the_o bishopwrick_fw-ge be_v dissolve_v yet_o the_o city_n remainerh_fw-mi and_o therefore_o in_o 35._o eliz._n c._n 6._o westminster_n be_v call_v a_o city_n notwithstanding_o that_o now_o 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case_n de_fw-fr whittawer_n co._n lib._n 8._o f._n 125._o the_o case_n of_o london_n with_o our_o law_n do_v concur_v the_o law_n imperial_a 3.4.1_o d._n 3.4.1_o collegia_fw-la romae_fw-la certa_fw-la sunt_fw-la quorum_fw-la corpus_fw-la senatusconsultis_fw-la atque_fw-la constitutionibus_fw-la principalibus_fw-la confirmatum_fw-la est_fw-la veluti_fw-la pistorum_fw-la &_o quorundam_fw-la aliorum_fw-la &_o naviculariorum_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o in_fw-la provinciis_fw-la sunt_fw-la collegia_fw-la siqua_fw-la fuerint_fw-la illicita_fw-la mandatis_fw-la &_o constitutionibus_fw-la 47.22.3_o d._n 47.22.3_o &_o senatusconsultis_fw-la dissolvuntur_fw-la in_o summa_fw-la nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la senatusconsulti_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la vel_fw-la caesaris_fw-la collegium_fw-la vel_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la tale_n corpus_fw-la coierit_fw-la contra_fw-la senatusconsultum_fw-la &_o mandata_fw-la &_o constitutiones_fw-la collegium_fw-la celebrant_a note_v london_n our_o famous_a city_n be_v a_o corporation_n 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l._n 3._o s_o c_o 6._o touch_v the_o lord_n mayor_n of_o london_n i_o shall_v present_v to_o the_o reader_n these_o particularity_n worthy_a of_o his_o observation_n sc_n 1._o that_o the_o citizen_n or_o burgess_n of_o london_n be_v before_o and_o after_o the_o conquest_n govern_v by_o portgrave_n or_o port-greves_a until_o the_o reign_n of_o rich._n i._n by_o who_o charter_n they_o be_v govern_v by_o two_o bailiff_n 253._o co._n 4._o instit_fw-la 253._o and_o yet_o king_n r._n in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n appoint_v they_o a_o mayor_n who_o continue_v therein_o until_o the_o eight_o year_n of_o king_n john_n and_o then_o king_n john_n appoint_v they_o a_o mayor_n and_o forasmuch_o as_o sometime_o the_o mayor_n appoint_v by_o the_o king_n be_v no_o citizen_n of_o london_n king_n john_n in_o the_o ten_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n grant_v to_o the_o citizen_n liberty_n and_o authority_n to_o choose_v de_fw-fr seipsis_fw-la a_o mayor_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o it_o 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