Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	power_n	say_a	time_n	4,216	5	4.3825	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94724	Tom Nash his ghost. To the three scurvy fellowes of the upstart family of the snufflers, rufflers and shufflers; the thrice treble-troublesome scufflers in the church and state, the onely lay ecclesi-ass, I call generallissimo's. Being like Jobs 3. comforters, or the churches 3. anti-disciples, the clergies 3. persecuters, the states 3. hors-leeches, the divels 3. chaplaines; namely, the Anabaptist, the Libertine, and the Brownist. Written by Thomas Nash his ghost, with pap with a hatchet, a little revived since the 30. yeare of the late Qu. Elizabeths reigne when Martin Mar-Prelate was as mad as any of his tub-men are now.	Nash, Thomas, 1567-1601, attributed name.; Taylor, John, 1580-1653, attributed name.	1642 (1642)	Wing T1784; Thomason E110_5; ESTC R7602	3,851	8

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