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	robert_n	7,993	5	10.4722	5	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 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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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so_o weaken_v and_o diminish_v that_o many_o other_o kingdom_n be_v establish_v in_o spain_n arragon_n as_o that_o of_o navarre_n by_o enocho_n count_n of_o bigorre_n in_o the_o year_n 960._o which_o he_o take_v away_o from_o the_o moor_n and_o sarrazin_n by_o a_o very_a valiant_a conquest_n of_o they_o the_o son_n of_o this_o enocho_fw-es be_v name_v garzias_n second_o king_n of_o navarre_n win_v and_o conquer_v arragon_n from_o the_o same_o enemy_n and_o afterward_o in_o the_o year_n 116._o be_v arragon_n reduce_v to_o be_v a_o kingdom_n by_o the_o will_n and_o testament_n of_o sanchio_n the_o great_a four_o king_n of_o navarre_n for_o love_n to_o ramyrus_fw-la his_o natural_a son_n who_o be_v the_o first_o king_n thereof_o this_o be_v the_o same_o sanchio_n who_o be_v earl_n of_o castille_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o leon_n take_v on_o he_o first_o the_o name_n of_o king_n castille_n which_o he_o leave_v unto_o his_o son_n ferdinand_n moor_n the_o kingdom_n of_o portugal_n be_v also_o conquer_v from_o the_o same_o moor_n by_o earl_n henry_n son_n unto_o the_o duke_n of_o lorraine_n who_o hold_v it_o first_o of_o all_o under_o title_n of_o earl_n in_o the_o year_n 1110._o but_o quick_o after_o bring_v he_o it_o to_o be_v a_o kingdom_n spain_n do_v continue_v so_o in_o this_o kind_n of_o state_n for_o a_o long_a time_n divide_v into_o many_o kingdom_n and_o the_o moor_n have_v also_o their_o abide_n there_o possess_v still_o a_o great_a part_n thereof_o till_o such_o time_n as_o ferdinand_n the_o fifte_n king_n of_o arragon_n 1492_o who_o be_v marry_v to_o isabella_n the_o only_a heir_n of_o castille_n and_o he_o whole_o expulse_v the_o moor_n out_o of_o spain_n in_o the_o year_n 1492._o in_o no_o great_a distance_n of_o time_n after_o he_o possess_v himself_o of_o sicily_n &_o naples_n invade_v also_o the_o east_n india_n but_o fraudulent_o he_o usurp_v the_o kingdom_n of_o navarre_n king_n against_o john_n d'albret_a who_o be_v indeed_o the_o lawful_a king_n 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