Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	call_v	great_a	name_n	2,891	5	4.7258	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19232	The commonvvealth and gouernment of Venice. VVritten by the Cardinall Gasper Contareno, and translated out of Italian into English, by Lewes Lewkenor Esquire. VVith sundry other collections, annexed by the translator for the more cleere and exact satisfaction of the reader. With a short chronicle in the end, of the liues and raignes of the Venetian dukes, from the very beginninges of their citie; De magistribus et republica Venetorum. English	Contarini, Gasparo, 1483-1542.; Lewkenor, Lewis, Sir, d. 1626.	1599 (1599)	STC 5642; ESTC S108619	143,054	250

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10._o s._n maria_n formosa_fw-la 11._o s._n marina_n 12_o s._n lio._n other_o church_n 1_o s._n giovanide_v forlani_n 2_o s._n philippo_n e_o giacomo_n 3_o s._n georgio_n de_fw-fr greci_fw-la monastery_n 1_o s._n domenico_n 2_o s._n francisco_n della_fw-it vigna_n 3_o s._n antonio_n 4_o s._n giovani_n e_o paulo_n cloister_n of_o nun_n 1_o s._n maria_n dell_fw-it virgini_fw-la 2_o s._n daniel_n 3_o s._n anna_n 4_o s._n joseph_n 5_o s._n maria_n celeste_fw-la 6_o s._n sepolchro_fw-la 7_o s._n lorenzo_n 8_o s._n giovani_n laterano_n 9_o s._n zaccaria_n the_o name_n and_o number_n of_o the_o parish_n and_o church_n under_o s._n mark_n parish_n 1_o s._n marco_n 2_o s._n geminian_n 3_o s._n moyse_n 4_o s._n maria_n zobenigo_n 5_o s._n mauritio_n 6_o s._n vitale_n 7_o s._n samuel_n 8_o s._n angelo_n 9_o s._n benedetto_n 10_o s._n paternian_n 11_o s._n fantin_n 12_o s._n luca_n 13_o s._n saluatore_fw-la 14_o s._n bartholomeo_n 15_o s._n giulian_n 16_o s._n basso_n monastery_n 1_o s._n 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s._n paulo_n parish_n 1_o s._n paulo_n 2_o s._n tomaso_n 3_o s._n sti●…_n 4_o s._n augustin_n 5._o s._n boldo_n 6_o s._n aponal_a 7_o s._n siluestro_fw-la 8_o s._n giovani_n 9_o s._n matheo_n 10_o s._n giacomo_n monastery_n 1_o s._n mario_n de_fw-fr frati_n minori_fw-la the_o name_n &_o number_n of_o parish_n and_o church_n under_o sancta_fw-la croce_n parish_n 1_o s._n croce_n 2_o s._n simeon_n grande_fw-fr 3_o s._n simeon_n apostol●_n 4_o s._n giovan_n decollato_fw-la 5_o s._n giacomo_n dell'orio_n 6._o s._n stai_n 7._o s_o maria_n mater_fw-la domini_fw-la 8_o s._n cassano_n another_o church_n 1_o s._n nicolo_n de_fw-fr tolentino_n cloister_n of_o nun_n 1_o s._n croce_n 2_o s._n andrea_n 3_o s._n chiara_fw-it the_o name_n of_o sundry_a little_a island_n contain_v under_o this_o quarter_n of_o the_o city_n that_o be_v inhabit_v by_o friar_n monk_n nun_n and_o other_o religious_a people_n 1_o s._n helena_n 2_o s._n andrea_n della_fw-it certosa_fw-la 3_o s._n georgio_n maggiore_fw-it 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●…_n the_o counsel_n of_o the_o ●…_n report_n over_o to_o the_o forty_o man_n and_o so_o the_o cause_n be_v understand_v and_o thorough_o examine_v and_o debate_v of_o by_o the_o forty_o man_n it_o be_v at_o length_n judge_v whether_o the_o party_n pretend_v be_v to_o be_v admit_v for_o noble_a or_o no._n but_o to_o the_o end_n that_o no_o one_o shall_v scotfree_a adventure_v the_o trial_n of_o this_o judgement_n it_o be_v also_o provide_v that_o whosoever_o shall_v undertake_v this_o proof_n of_o his_o nobility_n shall_v first_o bring_v unto_o the_o magistrate_n five_o hundred_o crown_n of_o gold_n by_o they_o to_o be_v put_v into_o the_o treasure_n in_o case_n the_o pretendant_n speed_v not_o in_o his_o suit_n such_o be_v the_o diligence_n of_o our_o ancestor_n to_o the_o end_n that_o this_o congregation_n of_o nobility_n shall_v no_o way_n be_v defile_v for_o which_o cause_n those_o very_a citizen_n which_o be_v noble_o bear_v and_o have_v past_o their_o 25._o year_n obtain_v not_o 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