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	lord_n	word_n	2,945	5	3.9667	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90251	Vox plebis, or, The peoples out-cry against oppression, injustice, and tyranny. Wherein the liberty of the subject is asserted, Magna Charta briefly but pithily expounded. Lieutenant Colonell Lilburne's sentence published and refuted. Committees arraigned, goalers condemned, and remedies provided.	Overton, Richard, fl. 1646.	1646 (1646)	Wing O636A; Thomason E362_20; ESTC R201218	54,600	73

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judge_n appeal_v to_o the_o bar_n and_o tribunal_n of_o my_o competent_a proper_a and_o legal_a tryer_n and_o judge_n the_o commons_o of_o england_n assemble_v in_o parliament_n and_o in_o pursuance_n of_o his_o say_a malicious_a and_o illegal_a practice_n do_v afterward_o contrive_v and_o publish_v a_o scandalous_a and_o libellous_a letter_n hereunto_o likewise_o annex_v direct_v to_o mr._n wollaston_n keeper_n of_o newgate_n or_o his_o deputy_n wherein_o among_o other_o thing_n he_o have_v cause_v to_o be_v insert_v and_o publish_v these_o word_n concern_v the_o peer_n in_o parliament_n viz._n their_o lordship_n sit_v by_o virtue_n of_o prerogative-patent_n and_o not_o by_o election_n or_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n have_v as_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la and_o other_o good_a law_n of_o the_o land_n tell_v i_o nothing_o to_o do_v to_o