Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	earth_n	great_a	king_n	5,865	4	4.0614	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22130	By the Kings Maiesties surueyor of coales to be shipped at Newcastle vpon Tyne, Sunderland, and Blythe, and other places adjacent, to be brought to the city of London, or otherwise to be spent within the realme of England		1616 (1616)	STC 8536; ESTC S3126	1,086	1

HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE ❧ By the Kings Maiesties Surueyor of coales to be shipped at Newcastle vpon Tyne Sunderland and Blythe and other places adiacent to be brought to the City of London or otherwise to be spent within the Realme of ENGLAND THe Kings most Excellent Maiestie affecting nothing more then the good of his louing Subiects in generall and hauing beene very credibly informed of the great abuses and wrongs daily committed in mingling amongst coales commonly called Newcastle coales much blacke Earth Dirt Slate and other bad stuffe not fit to burne or serue for firing and so mingled are brought and vttered within the Realme of England and thereby for the most part the same Newcastle coales are made vnmerchantable to the great hurt and preiudice of the buyers thereof as well Noble-men Knights Gentlemen and other his Maiesties louing Subiects who partly for the preseruation of woods and partly for the scarcitie of woods doe for the most part burne of the same Hath beene graciously pleased by his Highnesse Letters Patents vnder his Maiesties great Seale of England bearing date the sixe and twentieth day of February in the thirteenth yeere of his Maiesties raigne of England France and Ireland and of Scotland the nine and fortieth to prohibit and suppresse such wrongs and abuses as aforesaid And to appoint the foresaid Surueyor to be Surueyor of the said coales who or his Deputie or Deputies are to be attending and attendant in and about the searching viewing seeing and surueying of the said coales And are appointed to informe and complaine against such as shall offend in such mingling or vttering of vnmerchantable coales as aforesaid And to haue a Seale of office vnder which to certifie what coales and of what sort of goodnesse of coales any Master Owner or Shipper doe or shall take in fraight or lade into their Ships or Barkes at the places abouesaid to be brought to the Citie of London or otherwise to bee spent within this Realme of England to the end that the buyers of the same coales may the better know and be informed of the goodnesse or badnesse of them And therefore if any person or persons shall at any time or times hereafter haue any cause or causes of complaint against any Master Owner Shipper or others for bringing vttering or selling vnto them such vnmerchantable coales as aforesaid Let him or them so grieued repaire vnto Andrew Boyde Esquier his Maiesties Surueyor in that behalfe appointed or vnto his Deputie or Deputies at his Offices hereunder mentioned and there in writing without any charge to such as shall so complaine leaue his or their cause or causes of complaint touching the premises speedie information according to the prouision of the said Letters Patents shall be made giuen against such as doe or shall offend against the same Letters Patents As his Maiesties most gracious pleasure is therein signified The Offices for receiuing of such complaints concerning the abuses abouesaid The one that is for the Citie of London is kept at Dowgate And the other Office is kept in the Towne of Newcastle vpon Tyne God saue the King