Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	esquire_n	john_n	knight_n	10,718	5	9.6406	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07894	A briefe chronicle, of the successe of times, from the creation of the world, to this instant· Containing, the originall & liues of our ancient fore-fathers, before and after the Floude, as also, of all the monarchs, emperours, kinges, popes, kingdomes, common-weales, estates and gouernments, in most nations of this worlde: and how in alteration, or succession, they haue continued to this day.	Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.	1611 (1611)	STC 18263; ESTC S112963	308,814	636

sir_n roger_n martin_n mercer_n 1567._o son_n to_o laurance_n martin_n of_o melford_n in_o suffolk_n lord_n maior_fw-la one_o year_n sir_n thomas_n roe_n merchant-taylor_n 1568_o son_n to_o robert_n roe_n citizen_n and_o merchant-taylor_n of_o london_n who_o be_v son_n to_o reiginald_n roe_n of_o lee_n in_o kent_n lord_n maior_fw-la one_o year_n sir_n alexander_n auenand_n iron-monger_n 1569_o son_n to_o robert_n auenand_n of_o kings-norton_n in_o worcestershire_n lord_n maior_fw-la one_o year_n sir_n rowland_n heyward_n clothworker_n 1570_o son_n to_o george_n heiward_n of_o bridge-north_n in_o shropshire_n lord_n maior_n one_o year_n 1571_o sir_n william_n allen_n mercer_n son_n to_o william_n allen_n citizen_n and_o pasteller_n of_o london_n who_o be_v son_n to_o richard_n allen_n of_o stondon_n in_o hertfordshire_n lord_n mayor_n one_o year_n 1572_o sir_n lionel_n ducket_n mercer_n son_n to_o william_n ducat_n of_o flynton_n in_o nottinghamshire_n lord_n maior_fw-la one_o year_n 1573_o sir_n john_n rivers_n grocer_n son_n to_o richard_n river_n of_o penseherst_n in_o kent_n l._n mayor_n one_o year_n 1574_o sir_n james_n hawes_n clothworker_n son_n to_o thomas_n hawes_n citizen_n and_o merchant_n of_o london_n who_o be_v son_n to_o john_n hawes_n of_o stokenwenton_n in_o middlesex_n lord_n maior_n one_o year_n 1575._o sir_n ambrose_n nicholas_n salter_n son_n to_o john_n nicholas_n of_o nedingworth_n in_o huntingdonshire_n lord_n maior_n one_o year_n 1576_o sir_n john_n langley_n goldsmith_n son_n to_o robert_n langley_n of_o althrop_n in_o lincolnshire_n lord_n maior_n one_o year_n 1577_o sir_n thomas_n ramsey_n grocer_n son_n to_o john_n ramsey_n of_o elenbridge_n in_o kent_n lord_n maior_n one_o year_n 1578_o sir_n richard_n pipe_n draper_n son_n to_o richard_n pipe_n of_o wolnerhampton_n in_o staffordshire_n he_o be_v free_a of_o the_o leatherseller_n and_o from_o they_o translate_v to_o the_o draper_n lord_n maior_n one_o year_n 1579_o sir_n nicholas_n woodrove_a haberdasher_n son_n to_o david_n woodrove_a citizen_n and_o haberdasher_n of_o london_n who_o be_v son_n to_o john_n woodrove_a of_o the_o parish_n of_o vscombe_n in_o devonshire_n lord_n maior_n one_o year_n sir_n john_n branch_n draper_n 1580_o son_n to_o john_n branch_n citizen_n and_o draper_n of_o london_n who_o be_v son_n to_o john_n branch_n of_o laynham_n in_o suffolk_n lord_n maior_n one_o year_n sir_n james_n harvey_n iron-monger_n 1581._o son_n to_o william_n harvey_n of_o cotwalton_n in_o staffordshire_n l._n mayor_n one_o year_n sir_n thomas_n blank_a haberdasher_n 1582_o son_n to_o thomas_n blank_a citizen_n and_o haberdasher_n of_o london_n who_o be_v son_n to_o thomas_n blank_a of_o guildford_n in_o surry_n lord_n maior_n one_o year_n sir_n edward_n osborne_n clothworker_n 1583_o son_n to_o richard_n osborne_n of_o ashford_n in_o kent_n lord_n maior_n one_o year_n sir_n thomas_n pulloccill_n draper_n 1584._o son_n to_o william_n pulloccill_n of_o fotescray_n in_o kent_n lord_n maior_n one_o year_n sir_n wolstane_n dixie_n skinner_n 1585._o son_n to_o thomas_n dixie_n of_o catworth_n in_o huntingdonshire_n lord_n maior_n one_o year_n sir_n george_n barn_n haberdasher_n 1586_o son_n to_o sir_n george_n barn_n knight_n citizen_n and_o haberdasher_n of_o london_n lord_n maior_n one_o year_n sir_n george_n bond_n haberdasher_n 1587._o son_n of_o r._n bond_n of_o trull_n in_o somersetshire_n lord_n maior_n one_o year_n sir_n martin_n calthrop_n 1588._o citizen_n and_o draper_n of_o london_n lord_n mayor_n for_o part_n of_o the_o year_n and_o richard_n martin_n goldsmith_n for_o the_o rest_n sir_n john_n hart_n grocer_n 1589_o son_n of_o ralph_n hart_n of_o sproston_n court_n in_o yorkshire_n l._n mayor_n one_o year_n sir_n john_n allot_v fish-monger_n 1590._o son_n to_o richard_n allot_v of_o lymbergh_n in_o lincolnshire_n lord_n maior_n one_o part_n of_o the_o year_n and_o sir_n rowland_n heywerd_v the_o rest_n 159●_n sir_n william_n webbe_n salter_n son_n to_o john_n webbe_n of_o read_v in_o berkshire_n lord_n maior_n one_o year_n 1592._o sir_n william_n roe_n iron-monger_n son_n to_o thomas_n roe_n of_o penseherst_n in_o kent_n lord_n maior_n one_o year_n 1593._o sir_n cutbbert_n buckle_n vintoner_n son_n to_o christopher_n buckle_v of_o bourgh_n in_o westmoreland_n l._n mayor_n for_o part_n of_o the_o year_n and_o sir_n richard_n martin_n goldsmith_n the_o rest_n this_o sir_n richard_n martin_n be_v son_n to_o thomas_n martin_n of_o saffron_n walden_n in_o essex_n 1594_o sir_n john_n spenser_n clothworker_n son_n to_o rich._n spenser_n of_o waldinfield_n in_o suffolk_n lord_n maior_n one_o year_n 1595_o sir_n stephen_n slaney_n skinner_n son_n to_o john_n slaney_n of_o mitton_n in_o staffordshire_n lord_n maior_n one_o year_n 1596_o thomas_n skinner_n clothworker_n son_n to_o john_n skinner_n of_o walden_n in_o essex_n lord_n maior_n for_o part_n of_o the_o year_n and_o sir_n henry_n billingsley_n haberdasher_n the_o 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the_o turkish_a emperor_n because_o they_o be_v say_v to_o reign_v very_o little_a time_n or_o not_o at_o all_o 1409_o mahometh_n first_o of_o that_o name_n brother_n to_o josuah_n mustapha_n and_o the_o forename_a moses_n be_v say_v notwithstanding_o the_o rest_n to_o be_v emperor_n of_o the_o turk_n in_o the_o year_n 1409._o there_o be_v some_o that_o do_v attribute_v only_o to_o this_o man_n all_o those_o matter_n which_o be_v report_v of_o josuah_n or_o cyriscelebe_n he_o over_o run_v the_o country_n of_o the_o bulgarian_n &_o valachian_n impose_v great_a tribute_n and_o taxation_n upon_o they_o then_o he_o enter_v on_o the_o satrape_n of_o asya_n recover_v all_o those_o place_n which_o tamburlaine_n have_v take_v he_o chase_v out_o of_o galatia_n and_o the_o country_n of_o pontus_n and_o cappadocia_n his_o own_o kindred_n and_o ally_n without_o extend_v any_o pity_n to_o any_o prince_n and_o lord_n of_o his_o own_o blood_n albeit_o it_o be_v true_a that_o he_o leave_v some_o in_o 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