Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	john_n	master_n	sir_n	4,098	4	7.3533	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67873	Honor rediviuus [sic] or An analysis of honor and armory. by Matt: Carter Esq.; Honor redivivus.	Carter, Matthew, fl. 1660.; Gaywood, Richard, fl. 1650-1680, engraver.	1660 (1660)	Wing C659; ESTC R209970	103,447	261

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common_a person_n provide_v the_o 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o heresy_n treason_n or_o excessive_a contumacy_n 3._o the_o many_o observance_n and_o ceremonious_a respect_n that_o a_o gentleman_n be_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v honour_v with_o by_o the_o ungentle_a 4._o in_o give_v evidence_n a_o gentleman_n attestestation_n 〈◊〉_d be_v to_o precede_v a_o clown_n 5._o in_o election_n of_o magistrate_n and_o officer_n by_o vote_n the_o suffrage_n of_o a_o gentleman_n shall_v take_v place_n of_o a_o ignoble_a person_n 6._o a_o gentleman_n ought_v to_o be_v excuse_v from_o base_a service_n imposition_n and_o duty_n both_o real_a and_o personal_a 7._o a_o gentleman_n condemn_v to_o death_n ought_v capitu_fw-la not_o to_o be_v hang_v but_o behead_v and_o his_o examination_n take_v without_o torture_n 8._o to_o take_v down_o the_o coat-armor_n of_o any_o gentleman_n deface_v his_o monument_n or_o offer_v violence_n to_o 〈◊〉_d ensign_n of_o the_o decease_a noble_a be_v as_o to_o lay_v buffet_n on_o the_o 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man_n have_v descend_v to_o we_o with_o so_o much_o severity_n that_o our_o saviour_n himself_o give_v example_n in_o his_o practice_n and_o rule_n in_o the_o charge_n he_o leave_v we_o for_o it_o in_o these_o word_n speak_v not_o evil_a of_o dignity_n and_o many_o other_o the_o like_a and_o the_o civil_a law_n have_v former_o be_v so_o severe_a in_o the_o preserve_n this_o distinction_n that_o gentle_a or_o noble_a be_v prohibit_v the_o marry_n 9_o with_o the_o ungentle_a or_o ignoble_a as_o the_o ignoble_a be_v debar_v from_o any_o honour_n or_o dignity_n to_o hinder_v the_o evil_a of_o introduce_v mongrel_n and_o mechanic_n disposition_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o consequent_o such_o impostumate_v humour_n as_o be_v common_o the_o offspring_n thereof_o even_o among_o the_o great_a nobility_n the_o law_n command_v that_o in_o case_n a_o guardian_n be_v a_o person_n of_o honour_n have_v the_o tuition_n of_o a_o child_n under_o age_n and_o shall_v marry_v he_o to_o the_o 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the_o empire_n 〈◊〉_d among_o the_o spaniard_n hiidalgo_n and_o gentilhome_fw-fr or_o gentilhombre_n and_o in_o the_o old_a saxon_a ardel._n aristotle_n make_v four_o kind_n of_o civil_a nobility_n pol._n viz._n divitiarum_fw-la generis_fw-la virtutis_fw-la &_o disciplinae_fw-la cicero_n attribute_n the_o crown_n of_o generosity_n to_o the_o virtuous_a and_o therefore_o be_v understand_v to_o allow_v of_o no_o other_o nobility_n and_o diogenes_n be_v so_o 14_o cynical_a as_o to_o term_v nobleness_n of_o blood_n a_o vail_n of_o lewdness_n a_o cloak_n of_o sloth_n and_o a_o vizard_n of_o cowardice_n and_o what_o will_v he_o have_v say_v have_v he_o live_v in_o our_o age_n but_o to_o lay_v by_o these_o and_o many_o other_o division_n the_o philosophy_n of_o latter_a time_n have_v refine_v civil_a nobility_n into_o a_o triple_a division_n the_o first_o by_o blood_n the_o second_o by_o merit_n the_o three_o by_o blood_n and_o merit_n which_o last_o without_o doubt_n must_v receive_v the_o 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