Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	according_a	king_n	law_n	1,630	5	4.7476	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16282	The manners, lauues, and customes of all nations collected out of the best vvriters by Ioannes Boemus ... ; with many other things of the same argument, gathered out of the historie of Nicholas Damascen ; the like also out of the history of America, or Brasill, written by Iohn Lerius ; the faith, religion and manners of the Aethiopians, and the deploration of the people of Lappia, compiled by Damianus a ̀Goes ; with a short discourse of the Aethiopians, taken out of Ioseph Scaliger his seuenth booke de emendatione temporum ; written in Latin, and now newly translated into English, by Ed. Aston.; Omnium gentium mores, leges, et ritus. English. 1611	Boemus, Joannes, ca. 1485-1535.; Góis, Damião de, 1502-1574.; Nicolaus, of Damascus.; Léry, Jean de, 1534-1611. Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Brésil.; Scaliger, Joseph Juste, 1540-1609. De emendatione temporum.; Aston, Edward, b. 1573 or 4.	1611 (1611)	STC 3198.5; ESTC S102777	343,933	572

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laconia_n and_o of_o the_o custom_n and_o ordinance_n of_o the_o laconian_n or_o lacedaemonian_n ch_n 3_o of_o the_o i_o will_v of_o crete_n and_o of_o the_o custom_n most_o common_a among_o the_o cretensian_o chap._n 4_o of_o thrace_n and_o of_o the_o barbarous_a manner_n of_o the_o people_n of_o thrace_n chap._n 5_o of_o russia_n or_o ruthenia_n and_o of_o the_o the_o latter_a manner_n &_o custom_n of_o the_o russian_n chap._n 6_o of_o lithuani●_n and_o of_o the_o manner_n of_o live_v of_o those_o people_n cha_n 7_o of_o livonia_n prussia_n and_o of_o the_o soldier_n call_v marciam_fw-la in_o spain_n chap._n 8_o of_o polonia_n and_o of_o the_o late_a custom_n of_o the_o polonian_n cha_n 9_o of_o hungaria_n and_o of_o the_o institution_n and_o manner_n of_o live_v of_o the_o hungarian_n chap._n 10_o of_o boemia_fw-la and_o of_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o boemian_o chap._n 11_o of_o germany_n and_o of_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o german_n chap._n 12_o of_o saxony_n and_o how_o the_o 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