Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	king_n	law_n	parliament_n	7,403	5	7.2636	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87129	Aphorisms political. By James Harrington.	Harrington, James, 1611-1677.	1659 (1659)	Wing H804; Thomason E995_8; ESTC R202590	4,480	11

law_n from_o england_n and_o if_o england_n have_v a_o army_n there_o her_o hold_n consist_v not_o in_o the_o union_n but_o in_o the_o force_n xlviii_o if_o a_o country_n be_v very_o small_a and_o not_o able_a to_o subsist_v of_o itself_o as_o wales_n it_o may_v be_v safe_o unite_v and_o hold_v but_o the_o advantage_n that_o wales_n have_v in_o participation_n of_o all_o magistracy_n and_o office_n be_v not_o that_o which_o england_n be_v able_a to_o afford_v unto_o such_o a_o country_n as_o scotland_n without_o subject_v her_o neck_n under_o the_o yoke_n xlix_o the_o order_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n require_v that_o it_o consist_v first_o of_o a_o civil_a second_o of_o a_o religious_a three_o of_o a_o military_a and_o fourthly_a of_o a_o provincial_a part._n the_o manner_n of_o unite_n province_n or_o different_a nation_n appertain_v unto_o the_o last_o part_n and_o in_o the_o formation_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n to_o begin_v with_o that_o first_o which_o be_v natural_o last_v be_v to_o invert_v the_o order_n and_o by_o consequence_n the_o commonwealth_n which_o indeed_o be_v nothing_o but_o order_n l._n where_o there_o can_v be_v any_o other_o government_n there_o can_v be_v no_o commonwealth_n li._n where_o there_o can_v be_v a_o commonwealth_n what_o tumult_n soever_o there_o happen_v and_o which_o soever_o prevail_v there_o can_v be_v no_o other_o government_n that_o be_v to_o say_v without_o foreign_a invasion_n which_o throughout_o i_o must_v be_v understand_v to_o except_v lxii_o if_o sir_n george_n booth_n have_v prevail_v he_o must_v either_o have_v introduce_v a_o commonwealth_n or_o have_v restore_v a_o king_n liii_o if_o a_o king_n be_v restore_v he_o must_v either_o govern_v by_o a_o army_n or_o by_o parliament_n liv._o a_o king_n govern_v now_o in_o england_n by_o a_o army_n will_v for_o the_o same_o cause_n find_v the_o same_o effect_n with_o the_o late_a protector_n lv._o a_o king_n govern_v now_o in_o england_n by_o parliament_n will_v find_v the_o 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assembly_n of_o venice_n and_o from_o these_o two_o arise_v all_o those_o admirable_a order_n of_o that_o com-wealth_n lxviii_o the_o popular_a assembly_n of_o venice_n at_o this_o day_n consist_v of_o about_o two_o thousand_o the_o popular_a assembly_n in_o the_o province_n only_o of_o holland_n consist_v of_o about_o five_o hundred_o by_o which_o i_o guess_v that_o in_o all_o the_o unite_a province_n they_o may_v amount_v unto_o about_o three_o thousand_o in_o switz_n they_o come_v unto_o a_o far_o great_a number_n and_o all_o or_o the_o most_o of_o these_o be_v perpetual_o extant_a lxix_o if_o a_o popular_a assembly_n consist_v of_o eleven_o hundred_o or_o a_o thousand_o may_v be_v so_o frame_v in_o england_n as_o to_o be_v sufficient_a to_o preserve_v the_o interest_n of_o the_o people_n such_o a_o assembly_n of_o so_o few_o in_o a_o territory_n of_o so_o large_a a_o extent_n will_v be_v altogether_o new_a in_o the_o world_n and_o without_o any_o example_n lxx_o that_o a_o people_n of_o themselves_o shall_v have_v such_o understanding_n as_o when_o they_o of_o venice_n do_v institute_v their_o pregati_fw-la or_o senate_n be_v rare_a lxxi_o that_o a_o senate_n or_o council_n of_o governor_n have_v supreme_a power_n shall_v institute_v a_o popular_a assembly_n and_o propose_v to_o it_o though_o in_o all_o reason_n it_o be_v the_o far_o more_o facile_a and_o practicable_a be_v that_o which_o be_v rare_a lxxii_o where_o such_o election_n be_v propose_v unto_o the_o people_n as_o be_v make_v according_o must_v needs_o produce_v a_o well-ordered_a commonwealth_n and_o the_o people_n who_o never_o stick_v at_o such_o work_n elect_v according_o there_o not_o the_o proposer_n of_o any_o power_n in_o they_o but_o the_o people_n by_o their_o peculiar_a and_o natural_a right_n and_o power_n do_v institute_n and_o ordain_v their_o whole_a commonwealth_n lxxiii_o a_o assembly_n of_o man_n be_v all_o assembly_n be_v natural_o void_a of_o invention_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o invent_v any_o perfect_a model_n or_o method_n of_o government_n lxxiv_o the_o wise_a assembly_n through_o this_o necessity_n have_v in_o the_o formation_n or_o reformation_n of_o their_o government_n still_o pitch_v upon_o some_o one_o man_n lxxv_o it_o be_v not_o below_o the_o dignity_n of_o any_o assembly_n but_o according_a unto_o the_o practice_n of_o a_o good_a commonwealth_n to_o admit_v of_o any_o man_n that_o be_v able_a to_o propose_v to_o they_o lxxvi_o one_o man_n reason_n be_v as_o another_o man_n judgement_n yet_o be_v it_o in_o art_n to_o say_v thing_n which_o will_v do_v themselves_o at_o least_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o any_o man_n to_o appeal_v unto_o event_n and_o so_o do_v i_o in_o these_o aphorism_n aug._n 25._o 1659._o finis_fw-la