Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	call_v	king_n	time_n	2,693	5	3.4189	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26172	Jani Anglorum facies nova, or, Several monuments of antiquity touching the great councils of the kingdom and the court of the kings immediate tenants and officers from the first of William the First, to the forty ninth of Henry the third, reviv'd and clear'd : wherein the sense of the common-council of the kingdom mentioned in King John's charter, and of the laws ecclesiastical, or civil, concerning clergy-men's voting in capital cases is submitted to the judgement of the learned.	Atwood, William, d. 1705?	1680 (1680)	Wing A4174; ESTC R37043	81,835	173

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ecclesiastical_a law_n be_v establish_v 168._o de_fw-fr communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la arch._n episc_n abb._n et_fw-la omnium_fw-la procerum_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la for_o william_n the_o second_o whereas_o a_o great_a antiquary_n will_v not_o say_v whether_o there_o be_v any_o solemn_a convention_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o common_a or_o general_a council_n in_o his_o time_n it_o be_v manifest_a there_o be_v and_o we_o may_v find_v the_o mark_n of_o distinction_n between_o his_o ordinary_a curia_n &_o great_a council_n or_o parliament_n 983._o he_o be_v crown_v convocatis_fw-la terrae_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la say_v bromton_n volentibus_fw-la animus_fw-la provincialium_fw-la malm_n that_o be_v 120._o the_o whole_a kingdom_n agree_v or_o the_o major_a part_n indeed_o it_o seem_v the_o norman_n be_v for_o duke_n robert_n but_o the_o english_a be_v not_o so_o waste_v as_o some_o imagine_v 215._o but_o that_o they_o carry_v it_o angli_fw-la tamen_fw-la fideliter_fw-la ei_fw-la juvabant_fw-la as_o simeon_n of_o durham_n show_v 461._o and_o hoveden_n out_o of_o he_o in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n he_o hold_v a_o curia_n on_o christmas_n at_o london_n 1088._o but_o it_o be_v more_o than_o a_o curia_fw-la de_fw-fr more_fw-it for_o there_o be_v justiciarii_fw-la ac_fw-la principes_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la 983._o in_o the_o three_o 2._o turmas_fw-la optimatum_fw-la accivit_fw-la &_o guentoniae_fw-la congregavit_fw-la he_o call_v together_o the_o troop_n or_o army_n of_o noble_n barones_n aloquitur_fw-la inveigh_v against_o his_o brother_n robert_n and_o persuade_v they_o to_o a_o war_n 680._o &_o ut_fw-la consilium_fw-la inirent_fw-la quid_fw-la sit_fw-la agendum_fw-la jussit_fw-la bid_v they_o consider_v or_o advise_v what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v his_o dictis_fw-la omnes_fw-la assenssum_fw-la dederunt_fw-la 2._o all_o consent_v to_o a_o war._n the_o king_n be_v very_o ill_o omnes_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la principes_fw-la coeunt_fw-la 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