Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	day_n	king_n	year_n	5,954	4	4.7354	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54633	The antient right of the Commons of England asserted, or, A discourse proving by records and the best historians that the Commons of England were ever an essential part of Parliament by William Petyt of the Inner-Temple, Esq.	Petyt, William, 1636-1707.	1680 (1680)	Wing P1945; ESTC R422	80,113	272

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runningmead_n do_v send_v their_o proxy_n and_o representative_n to_o the_o commune_fw-la concilium_fw-la regni_fw-la or_o parliament_n for_o it_o can_v be_v suppose_v in_o reason_n that_o every_o individual_a citizen_n and_o burgess_n can_v come_v no_o more_o than_o every_o parson_n of_o a_o parish_n to_o a_o convocation_n or_o to_o a_o meeting_n of_o the_o whole_a clergy_n of_o england_n the_o record_n say_v that_o the_o 2._o king_n be_v in_o partibus_fw-la transmarinis_fw-la write_v majori_fw-la &_o baronibus_fw-la london_n majori_fw-la &_o probis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la winton_n northampt._n lincoln_n ebor._n oxon._n glouc._n heref._n exon._n worcestr_n cantebr_n hunt_n bristol_n norwich_n and_o all_o the_o great_a borough_n of_o the_o demesne_n of_o the_o king_n give_v remanen_fw-la they_o account_n of_o his_o proceed_n and_o success_n in_o his_o war_n against_o the_o french_a and_o that_o the_o pope_n have_v by_o his_o letter_n release_v the_o interdict_v under_o which_o the_o kingdom_n than_o lie_v which_o the_o king_n have_v then_o send_v to_o peter_n bishop_n of_o winton_n chief_a justice_n of_o england_n and_o therefore_o desire_v that_o they_o will_v believe_v what_o the_o bishop_n shall_v speak_v to_o they_o that_o consilium_fw-la &_o auxilium_fw-la vestrum_fw-la ad_fw-la honorem_fw-la nostrum_fw-la &_o vestrum_fw-la &_o statum_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la in_o melius_fw-la communicandum_fw-la efficaciter_fw-la super_fw-la hoc_fw-la apponatis_fw-la and_o that_o majori_fw-la festinatione_fw-la expediretur_fw-la testae_fw-la apud_fw-la rupellam_fw-la 6_o o_o die_v martii_fw-la in_o the_o same_o manner_n he_o write_v to_o dorso_fw-la william_n earl_n marshal_n and_o to_o all_o the_o earl_n baron_n &_o magnatibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la etc._n etc._n testae_fw-la apud_fw-la rupellam_fw-la 8_o o_o die_v martii_fw-la in_o order_n therefore_o to_o our_o proof_n of_o a_o parliament_n from_o these_o record_n let_v we_o make_v two_o observation_n 1._o negative_a 2._o affirmative_a though_o the_o writ_n be_v general_a negative_a and_o mention_n not_o any_o time_n or_o place_n for_o meeting_n or_o come_v to_o parliament_n or_o the_o great_a council_n the_o king_n refer_v that_o i_o suppose_v to_o his_o regent_n or_o chief_a justice_n here_o yet_o it_o can_v be_v