Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	law_n	time_n	write_v	3,058	5	5.6338	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36034	The historical library of Diodorus the Sicilian in fifteen books : the first five contain the antiquities of Egypt, Asia, Africa, Greece, the islands, and Europe : the last ten an historical account of the affairs of the Persians, Grecians, Macedonians and other parts of the world : to which are added the fragments of Diodorus that are found in the Bibliotheca of Photius : together with those publish'd by H. Valesius, L. Rhodomannus, and F. Ursinus / made English by G. Booth ..., Esq.; Bibliotheca historica. English	Diodorus, Siculus.; Booth, George, 17th/18th cent.; Valois, Henri de, 1603-1676.; Rhodoman, Lorenz, 1546-1606.; Photius, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, ca. 820-ca. 891. Bibliotheca.; Orsini, Fulvio, 1529-1600.	1700 (1700)	Wing D1512; ESTC R15327	1,369,223	858

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z._n zacynthus_n the_o sedition_n and_o war_n at_o zacynthus_n 416_o r._n 480_o zaleucus_n his_o law_n at_o thurium_n in_o italy_n 270_o r._n 299_o a_o table_n of_o the_o eclogue_n or_o fragment_n note_v the_o letter_n b_o in_o the_o fragment_n stand_v for_o book_n and_o the_o letter_n e_o for_o eclogue_n or_o excerpt_v likewise_o the_o letter_n l_o stands_z for_o lib._n and_o the_o letter_n s_o for_o section_n the_o eclogue_n or_o fragment_n out_o of_o the_o first_o six_o book_n after_o the_o twenty_o of_o diodorus_n the_o sicilian_a a._n acra_n leuca_n build_v in_o spain_n by_o amilcar_n hannibal_n father_n book_n 25._o eclogue_n 2._o page_n 720_o aemilius_n the_o consul_n be_v the_o country_n of_o the_o celte_v gall_n b._n 25._o e._n 3._o ibid._n agathocles_n king_n of_o syracuse_n his_o act_n and_o death_n b._n 21._o e._n 2_o 3_o 4_o 8_o 11_o 12._o 709_o alexander_n the_o son_n of_o cassander_n murder_v by_o demetrius_n b._n 21._o e._n 7._o ibid._n amesalus_n raze_v by_o hiero_n b._n 22._o e._n 15._o 714_o amilcar_n his_o act_n in_o sicily_n against_o the_o roman_n b._n 23._o e._n 9_o 716_o his_o death_n b._n 25._o e._n 2._o 719_o antander_n the_o sicilian_a historian_n b._n 21._o e._n 12._o 710_o antigonus_n his_o death_n b._n 21._o e._n 1._o 709_o appius_n claudius_n his_o act_n in_o sicily_n b._n 23._o e._n 2._o 715_o ar●s_n none_o can_v please_v all_o in_o any_o art_n b._n 26._o e._n 1._o 721_o asdrubal_n unsuccessful_a in_o sicily_n b._n 25._o e._n 2._o 719_o b._n barcas_fw-la the_o carthaginian_a general_n his_o act_n in_o sicily_n b._n 24._o e._n 2._o 719_o brennus_n the_o gall_n his_o inroad_n into_o macedonia_n the_o slaughter_n of_o his_o army_n and_o his_o death_n b._n 22._o e._n 13._o 713_o brutii_n they_o rout_n agathocles_n b._n 21._o e._n 3._o 709_o he_o waste_v their_o country_n e._n 8._o ibid._n cadmean_a victory_n what_o b._n 22._o e._n 4._o 712_o calatinus_n rout_n the_o carthaginian_n at_o sea_n b._n 24._o e._n 12._o 719_o cantharides_n blind_v the_o sight_n b._n 22._o e._n 2._o 712_o carthaginian_n their_o war_n with_o pyrrhus_n in_o sicily_n b._n 22._o e._n 11_o 14._o 712_o 713_o with_o the_o roman_n b._n 23._o 715_o overcome_v by_o appius_n claudius_n b._n 23._o e._n 4._o 715_o their_o war_n with_o their_o confederate_n b._n 25._o e._n 1._o 719_o carthalon_n his_o success_n in_o sicily_n against_o the_o roman_n b._n 24._o e._n 1._o 719_o celte_n rout_v in_o sicily_n through_o their_o intemperance_n b._n 23._o e._n 12._o 717_o slaughter_v in_o spain_n by_o amilcar_n b._n 25._o e._n 2._o 720_o cios_n the_o general_n of_o the_o mamertine_n rout_v by_o hiero_n kill_v himself_o b._n 22._o e._n 15._o 715_o covetousness_n the_o evil_a of_o it_o b._n 21._o e._n 1._o 709_o d._n demetrius_z his_o act_n b_o 21._o e_z 1_o 7_o 10_o 11._o 709_o 710_o decius_n his_o cru_n 〈…〉_o at_o rhegium_n his_o sight_n lose_v by_o a_o physician_n wilful_o by_o the_o use_n of_o cantharides_n b_o 22._o e_z 2._o 712_o e._n enna_n take_v by_o the_o roman_n b_o 23._o e_z 9_o 716_o eryx_n in_o sicily_n take_v by_o pyrrhus_n b_o 22._o e_z 14._o 713_o raze_v by_o the_o carthaginian_n b_o 22._o e_z 9_o 712_o f._n fabius_n the_o roman_a consul_n slaughter_n the_o hetruscan_o gall_n and_o samnite_n b_o 21._o e_z 6._o 702_o g._n gades_n b_o 25._o e_z 2._o 719_o gall_n their_o inroad_n into_o greece_n b_o 22._o e_z 13._o 713_o their_o miserable_a return_n ibid._n h._n hannibal_n his_o act_n in_o sicily_n b_o 22._o e_z 15._o 714_o hannibal_n son_n of_o amilcar_n choose_a general_n in_o spain_n by_o the_o army_n b_o 25._o e_z 5._o 720_o his_o take_n of_o sagunthum_fw-la b_o 25._o e_z 5._o ibid._n hanno_n his_o act_n in_o sicily_n b_o 23._o e_z 2._o 715_o hiero_n his_o act_n b_o 22._o e_z 15._o b_o 23._o e_z 2_o 4_o 5_o 12._o b_o 24._o e_z 1._o b_o 25._o e_z 4._o b_o 26._o e_z 6._o 714_o 715_o 718_o 720_o 721_o i._n indorte_n the_o general_n of_o the_o iberian_o take_v and_o kill_v by_o amilcar_n b_o 25._o e_z 2._o 720_o istolatius_n general_n of_o the_o celte_n take_v by_o amilcar_n b_o 26._o e_z 2._o ibid._n julius_n the_o consul_n be_v shipwreck_v b_o 24._o e_z 1._o 719_o l._n leontines_n receive_v pyrrhus_n 713_o lilybeurn_n in_o sicily_n besiege_v by_o pyrrhus_n b_o 22._o e_z 14._o ibid._n when_o build_v ibid._n besiege_a by_o the_o roman_n b_o 24._o e_z 1_o 3._o 718_o m._n maenon_n poison_v his_o master_n agathocles_n b_o 21._o e_z 12._o 710_o his_o other_o act_n b_o 21._o e_z 13._o 711_o mamertine_n their_o cruelty_n at_o messina_n b_o 21._o e_z 12._o ibid._n messina_n besiege_v by_o hiero_n and_o the_o carthaginian_n relieve_v by_o the_o roman_n b_o 22._o e_z 15._o 714_o n._n numidian_n rebel_a against_o the_o carthaginian_n be_v destroy_v by_o asdrubal_n b_o 25._o e_z 2._o 720_o o._n orissus_n king_n of_o the_o iberian_o rout_v by_o asdrubal_n 720_o p._n phintias_n prince_n of_o agragentum_n overcome_v of_o hicetas_n b_o 22._o e_z 2._o 712_o his_o dream_n of_o his_o end_n e_fw-la 5._o ibid._n ptolemeus_n ceraunus_n kill_v of_o the_o gall_n e_fw-la 3._o ibid._n pyrrhus_n his_o act_n in_o sicily_n e_z 10_o 11_o 14._o ibid._n r._n regulus_n the_o proconsul_n his_o success_n in_o africa_n b_o 23._o e_z 12._o 716_o rhodes_n tear_v by_o a_o earthquake_n roman_n their_o slaughter_v of_o the_o hetruscian_o gall_n etc._n etc._n b_o 21._o e_z 6._o 709_o their_o ancient_a shield_n and_o new_a b_o 23._o e_z 3._o 715_o their_o act_n in_o sicily_n b_o 23._o e_z 2._o ibid._n their_o shipwreck_n b_o 23._o e_z 12._o 719_o be_v beat_v at_o sea_n by_o cathalo_n b_o 24._o e_z 1._o 718_o s._n sagunthum_fw-la besiege_v b_o 25._o e_z 5._o 720_o their_o heroic_a act_n ibid._n the_o woman_n kill_v both_o themselves_o and_o their_o child_n ibid._n sicily_n the_o brave_a of_o island_n b_o 23._o e_z 1._o 715_o stilpo_n agathocles_n his_o general_n shipwrecked_a b_o 21._o e_z 8._o 709_o t._n thebes_n take_v by_o demetrius_n and_o demolish_v b_o 21._o e_z 10._o 710_o x._o xanthippus_n the_o spartan_a overcome_v regulus_n the_o roman_a general_n in_o africa_n b_o 23._o e_z 12._o 716_o the_o fragment_n out_o of_o the_o lose_a book_n of_o diodorus_n the_o sicilian_a gather_v by_o photius_n a._n alexander_n epiphanes_n king_n of_o syria_n murder_v by_o his_o subject_n book_n 32._o eclogue_n 1._o page_n 724_o antiochis_n queen_n of_o cappadocia_n cozen_v her_o husband_n with_o a_o supposititious_a birth_n b_o 31_o e_z 3._o 723_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n profane_v the_o temple_n at_o jerusalem_n b_o 34._o e_z 1._o 726_o antiochus_n eupator_n his_o war_n with_o the_o jew_n b_o 34._o e_z 1._o ibid._n ariamnes_n ii_o king_n of_o cappadocia_n his_o great_a love_n to_o his_o son_n and_o his_o son_n to_o he_o b_o 31._o e_z 3._o 723_o ariarathes_n i_o ii_o iii_o iu._n v._o vi_o king_n of_o cappadocia_n and_o the_o last_o a_o favourer_n of_o learning_n b_o 31._o e_z 3._o and_o the_o pedigree_n of_o those_o king_n ibid._n athenio_n the_o captain_n of_o the_o slave_n in_o sicily_n and_o that_o servile_a war_n b_o 36._o e_z 1._o 731_o b._n battaces_n the_o priest_n of_o cybele_n in_o phrygia_n come_v in_o a_o strange_a habit_n to_o rome_n b_o 36._o e_z 2._o 733_o bocchus_n king_n of_o africa_n overcome_v by_o marius_n b_o 36._o e_z 1._o 729_o c._n cadmus_n b_o 40._o e_z 1._o 736_o caesar_n his_o war_n with_o pompey_n b_o 37._o e_z 2._o 735_o his_o murder_n ibid._n callo_n a_o young_a wife_n afterward_o she_o become_v a_o man_n b_o 32._o e_z 1._o 724_o capadocia_n the_o genealogy_n of_o their_o king_n b_o 31._o e_z 3._o 722_o carthage_n height_n of_o its_o wall_n b_o 32._o e_z 2._o 725_o cattulus_n murder_n himself_o by_o the_o