Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	call_v	great_a	place_n	10,107	5	4.1120	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62356	Observations historical and genealogical in which the originals of the emperor, kings, electors, and other the sovereign princes of Europe, with a series of their births, matches, more remarkable actions, and deaths, as also the augmentations, decreasings, and pretences of each family, are drawn down to the year MDCXC / written in Latin by Anthony William Schowart ... ; and now made English, with some enlargements relating to England.; Observationes historico-genealogicae. English	Schowart, Anton Wilhelm.; C. B.	1693 (1693)	Wing S892; ESTC R12594	215,513	512

bishop_n of_o osenburg_n bear_v nou._n 10._o 1629._o a_o prince_n no_o less_o renown_v in_o the_o camp_n than_o church_n he_o succeed_v his_o brother_n john_n frederick_n in_o calenberg_n and_o cause_v the_o state_n of_o that_o principality_n as_o well_o as_o subject_n solemn_o to_o do_v he_o homage_n oct._n 22._o and_o 23._o 1680._o in_o 1658._o he_o take_v to_o wife_n the_o lady_n sophia_n daughter_n of_o frederick_n the_o five_o elector_n palatine_n and_o king_n of_o bohemia_n which_o most_o happy_a match_n have_v give_v birth_n to_o a_o noble_a issue_n who_o name_n be_v as_o follow_v viz._n 1._o george_n lewis_n prince_z hereditary_a bear_v may_n 28._o 1660._o who_o have_v give_v signal_n proof_n of_o his_o courage_n both_o in_o the_o french_a and_o turkish_a war_n on_o nou._n 21._o 1682._o he_o solemn_o marry_v his_o cousin-germain_n sophia_n dorothy_n aforesaid_a who_o be_v bring_v to_o bed_n oct._n 30._o in_o the_o follow_a year_n of_o 1._o george_n augustus_n as_o also_o of_o 2._o william_n erneste_n in_o 1685._o 2._o frederick_n august_n captain_n of_o the_o guard_n in_o the_o imperial_a army_n against_o the_o turk_n bear_v octob._n 3._o 1661._o 3._o maximilian_n william_n captain_n general_n of_o the_o guard_n in_o the_o venetian_a army_n against_o the_o aforesaid_a infidel_n bear_v dec._n 14._o 1666._o 4_o sophia_n charlotte_n bear_v oct._n 20._o 1668._o and_o marry_v to_o his_o most_o potent_a and_o serene_a highness_n frederick_n the_o three_o the_o now_o elector_n of_o bavaria_n 〈◊〉_d 5._o charles_n philip_n bear_v oct._n 13._o 1669._o 6._o christian_n sept._n 29._o 1671._o and_o 7._o ernest_n august_n sept._n 17._o 1674._o of_o the_o augmentation_n of_o this_o family_n §_o xvi_o it_o have_v be_v already_o observe_v how_o otho_n henry_n leo_n grandson_n after_o the_o decease_n of_o his_o ancestor_n prevail_v with_o the_o emperor_n frederick_n the_o second_o to_o create_v he_o duke_n of_o brunswick_n and_o lunenburg_n an._n 1235._o see_v at_o large_a 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elbe_n the_o same_o prince_n by_o a_o treaty_n with_o the_o bishop_n of_o hildesheim_n be_v put_v in_o possession_n of_o the_o praefecture_n and_o castle_n of_o burgdorff_n about_o the_o year_n 1433._o in_o 1435._o william_n the_o elder_a surname_v the_o victorious_a annex_v the_o county_n of_o hallermund_n to_o his_o family_n as_o a_o fief_n void_a by_o the_o death_n of_o the_o last_o earl_n thereof_o otho_n the_o twelve_o of_o lunenburg_n have_v the_o county_n of_o eberstein_n and_o barony_n of_o homburg_n in_o dowry_n with_o his_o wife_n william_n the_o victorious_a purchase_v the_o county_n of_o wunstorp_n for_o a_o certain_a sum_n of_o money_n an._n 1646._o the_o same_o prince_n make_v himself_o master_n of_o the_o castle_n and_o government_n of_o hitzgar_n or_o hitzacker_n an._n dom._n 1468._o william_n the_o young_a duke_n of_o brunswick_n wolfembuttel_n buy_v helmstadt_n of_o its_o abbot_n in_o the_o year_n 1490._o in_o 1519._o the_o county_n of_o dasselen_n and_o many_o 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queen_n be_v bring_v to_o bed_n of_o a_o prince_n named_z henry_n who_o die_v feb._n 22._o follow_v and_o now_o the_o magnificence_n of_o the_o court_n be_v somewhat_o allay_v the_o king_n resolve_v of_o a_o royal_a expedition_n into_o france_n to_o which_o the_o parliament_n give_v large_o but_o not_o think_v it_o safe_a to_o leave_v the_o beforementioned_a edmond_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr pool_n behind_o he_o he_o take_v off_o his_o head_n april_n 30._o 1512._o and_o have_v create_v sir_n charles_n brandon_n son_n of_o sir_n william_n brandon_n standard-bearer_n to_o henry_n vii_o at_o bosworth-field_n and_o there_o slay_v viscount_n list_n he_o land_v at_o calais_n june_n 30._o 1513._o and_o take_v the_o field_n lay_v siege_n to_o terwin_n where_o the_o emperor_n maximilian_n take_v pay_n under_o he_o wear_v the_o cross_n of_o st._n george_n as_o the_o king_n soldier_n to_o relieve_v this_o place_n come_v the_o french_a with_o a_o powerful_a army_n aug._n 16._o but_o be_v so_o put_v to_o 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