Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	aaron_n	julius_n	noble_a	51	3	6.9140	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12718	England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland described and abridged with ye historic relation of things worthy memory from a farr larger voulume done by Iohn Speed.; Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine. Abridgements	Speed, John, 1552?-1629.; Keere, Pieter van den, ca. 1571-ca. 1624, engraver.; Camden, William, 1551-1623. Britannia.	1627 (1627)	STC 23035; ESTC S103213	178,357	376

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six_o yeoman_n it_o have_v be_v account_v the_o key_n into_o ireland_n and_o great_a pity_n it_o be_v that_o the_o port_n shall_v decay_v as_o it_o daily_o do_v the_o sea_n be_v stop_v to_o scour_v the_o river_n by_o a_o causey_n that_o thwart_v dee_fw-mi at_o her_o bridge_n within_o the_o wall_n of_o this_o city_n be_v eight_o parish-church_n s._n johns_n the_o great_a and_o lesser_a in_o the_o suburb_n be_v the_o white_a friar_n blackfriar_n and_o nunnery_n now_o suppress_v from_o which_o city_n the_o pole_n be_v elevate_v unto_o the_o degree_n 53._o 58._o minute_n of_o latitude_n and_o from_o the_o first_o point_n of_o the_o west_n in_o longitude_n unto_o the_o 17._o degree_n and_o 18._o minute_n 8_o the_o earldom_n whereof_o be_v possess_v from_o the_o conqueror_n till_o it_o fall_v last_o to_o the_o crown_n the_o last_o of_o who_o though_o not_o with_o the_o least_o hope_n be_v prince_n henry_n who_o to_o the_o title_n of_o prince_n of_o wales_n and_o duke_n of_o cornwall_n have_v 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from_o the_o county_n palatine_n of_o chester_n the_o fair_a county_n of_o derbyshire_n border_v upon_o the_o east_n the_o large_a country_n of_o yorkshire_n together_o with_o westmoreland_n and_o cumberland_n be_v her_o kind_a neighbour_n upon_o the_o north_n and_o the_o sea_n call_v ma●●_n hebernicum_n embrace_v she_o upon_o the_o west_n 2_o the_o form_n thereof_o be_v long_o for_o it_o be_v so_o enclose_v between_o york_n shire_n on_o the_o east_n side_n and_o the_o irish_a sea_n on_o the_o west_n that_o where_o it_o bound_v upon_o cheshire_n on_o the_o southside_n it_o be_v broad_a and_o by_o little_a and_o little_o more_o northward_o it_o go_v confine_v upon_o westmoreland_n the_o more_o narrow_a it_o grow_v it_o contain_v in_o length_n from_o brathey_n northward_o to_o halwood_n southward_o fifty_o seven_o mile_n from_o denton_n in_o the_o east_n to_o f●rmby_n by_o altmouth_n in_o the_o west_n thirty_o one_o and_o the_o whole_a circumference_n in_o compass_n one_o hundred_o 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