Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	act_n	king_n	parliament_n	3,554	5	6.8839	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88684	Considerations touching the great question of the King's right in dispensing with the penal laws Written on the occasion of His late blessed Majesties granting free toleration and indulgence. By Richard Langhorn, late of the Middle Temple, Esq;	Langhorne, Richard, 1654-1679.; Langhorne, Richard, fl. 1687.	1687 (1687)	Wing L396A; ESTC R229629	25,471	35

crown_n coke_n lib._n 7._o fol._n 36._o report_a as_o the_o resolution_n of_o all_o the_o judge_n of_o england_n xi_o the_o king_n can_v by_o his_o grant_n nor_o yet_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n bar_v himself_o of_o any_o thing_n which_o be_v inherent_a in_o and_o inseparable_o annex_v unto_o his_o royal_a person_n for_o that_o in_o so_o do_v he_o shall_v cease_v to_o be_v king_n and_o consequent_o change_v and_o subvert_v the_o government_n which_o our_o law_n allow_v not_o note_v this_o be_v prove_v in_o substance_n by_o 2_o h._n 7._o fol._n 6._o cite_v and_o agree_v in_o calvin_n case_n coke_n lib._n 7._o fol._n 14._o the_o case_n be_v thus_o in_o the_o statute_n 23._o h._n 6._o cap._n 8._o it_o be_v enact_v under_o great_a penalty_n that_o none_o shall_v serve_v the_o king_n as_o sheriff_n of_o any_o one_o county_n above_o one_o year_n and_o that_o if_o the_o king_n by_o any_o non_fw-la obstante_fw-la shall_v dispense_v with_o that_o statute_n such_o dispensation_n shall_v be_v 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