Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	new_a	part_n	testament_n	2,730	5	7.9160	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68826	A treatise co[n]cernynge diuers of the constitucyons prouynciall and legantines	Saint German, Christopher, 1460?-1540, attributed name.	1535 (1535)	STC 24236; ESTC S118513	34,179	112

custom_n of_o england_n make_v their_o testament_n but_o shall_v suffer_v that_o executour_n of_o their_o testament_n /_o free_o to_o dispose_v and_o order_v the_o same_o and_o the_o said_a constitucyon_n be_v in_o the_o third_o book_n /_o in_o the_o title_n of_o testament_n and_o begyn_v ita_fw-la quorundam_fw-la et_fw-la infra_fw-la and_o if_o the_o said_a constitucyon_n /_o and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n also_o in_o that_o point_n be_v reform_v /_o and_o that_o it_o be_v appoin_v t_v /_o that_o the_o good_n of_o clerk_n shall_v be_v charttable_o dispose_v off_o their_o death_n special_o such_o as_o they_o have_v by_o any_o spiritual_a benifyce_n /_o in_o such_o manner_n as_o shall_v be_v think_v convenient_a by_o parlyament_n and_o convocation_n it_o shall_v seem_v to_o be_v a_o good_a charitable_a deed_n ¶_o the_o xiiii_o chapter_n it_o appper_v so_o evydent_o in_o scripture_n /_o both_z in_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o in_o the_o new_a that_o the_o people_n be_v bownde_v to_o find_v to_o their_o spirytuall_a minister_n a_o suffycient_a porcyon_n of_o their_o good_n to_o live_v with_o that_o it_o need_v not_o to_o express_v here_o any_o certane_v auctoritye_n thereof_o /_o and_z for_o a_o recompense_n of_o that_o certain_a portion_n /_o it_o be_v use_v in_o this_o realm_n in_o manner_n universal_o /_o that_o the_o peple_n shall_v pay_v to_o their_o spiritual_a minister_n the_o ten_o part_n of_o their_o increase_v /_o which_o ten_o part_n many_o spiritual_a minister_n clay_n i_o to_o be_v due_a to_o theym_v by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o three_o book_n /_o in_o the_o title_n of_o tithe_n and_o oblatyon_n /_o that_o they_o that_o pay_v the_o elevynth_n shefe_n for_o the_o ten_o /_o despise_v the_o commandment_n of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n /_o the_o which_o pretence_n exclude_v all_o custom_n and_o prescription_n that_o may_v be_v have_v contrary_a to_o the_o ten_o part_n and_o since_o it_o be_v well_o 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