Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	king_n	lord_n	time_n	5,971	4	3.5040	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36945	Arcana aulica, or, Walsingham's manual of prudential maxims for the states-man and the courtier; Traicté de la cour. Part 2. English	Refuge, Eustache de, d. 1617.; Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1530?-1590.; Walsingham, Edward, d. 1663.	1652 (1652)	Wing D2683; ESTC R15739	68,004	176

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when_o they_o set_v open_v their_o temple_n and_o their_o altar_n for_o after_o that_o he_o send_v letter_n of_o thanks_o for_o that_o they_o have_v punish_v a_o enemy_n to_o the_o state_n chap._n 29._o example_n of_o other_o treachery_n in_o suborn_a witness_n and_o forge_a letter_n i_o can_v avoid_v bring_v here_o another_o example_n out_o of_o the_o same_o historian_n firmius_n cato_n a_o senator_n and_o one_o of_o liboe_n inward_a friend_n induce_v this_o simple_a young_a man_n easy_o lead_v to_o vanity_n to_o give_v credit_n to_o the_o chaldean_n promise_n the_o magician_n ceremony_n and_o the_o interpretation_n of_o dream_n vain_o put_v he_o in_o mind_n that_o pompey_n be_v his_o great_a grandfather_n scribonia_n who_o have_v be_v augustus_n his_o wife_n his_o aunt_n the_o caesar_n his_o cousin_n germane_a and_o that_o his_o house_n be_v full_a of_o the_o statue_n and_o monument_n of_o his_o ancestor_n he_o entice_v he_o to_o licentiousness_n to_o borrow_v money_n make_v 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avoid_v be_v circumvent_v himself_o as_o sabinus_n the_o roman_a be_v the_o contriver_n of_o that_o plot_n be_v camaterus_n logotheta_n who_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o styppiota_n accuse_v he_o before_o the_o emperor_n as_o a_o impostor_n and_o one_o that_o intend_v to_o betray_v sicily_n and_o to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v give_v some_o face_n of_o truth_n to_o his_o calumny_n he_o hide_v the_o emperor_n in_o his_o chamber_n and_o in_o his_o hear_n begin_v on_o purpose_n to_o discourse_n of_o the_o affair_n of_o sicily_n at_o which_o time_n many_o thing_n fall_v from_o the_o heedless_a styppiota_n that_o be_v very_o displease_v unto_o caesar_n not_o content_a with_o this_o camaterus_n cause_v counterfeit_a letter_n to_o be_v mingle_v among_o styppiota_n paper_n which_o be_v search_v by_o the_o emperor_n order_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o styppiota_n condemnation_n and_o the_o loss_n of_o his_o eye_n this_o story_n lead_v i_o to_o speak_v of_o another_o mean_n of_o render_v slander_n probable_a 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of_o in_o this_o nature_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o arcadius_n eu●ropius_n seek_v the_o destruction_n of_o timasius_n a_o great_a captain_n and_o a_o man_n of_o much_o authority_n corrupt_v his_o friend_n or_o rather_o his_o inseparable_a companion_n bargus_n to_o accuse_v he_o of_o affect_v the_o empire_n the_o friendship_n between_o bargus_n and_o timasius_n give_v credit_n to_o the_o accuser_n all_o man_n believe_v that_o he_o will_v not_o unless_o the_o crime_n be_v most_o certain_a accuse_v he_o to_o this_o counterfeit_a letter_n be_v add_v to_o prove_v the_o treason_n by_o which_o mean_v the_o innocent_a man_n and_o his_o son_n be_v send_v into_o banishment_n to_o the_o isle_n of_o oasis_n from_o whence_o neither_o of_o they_o ever_o return_v caius_n petronius_n be_v for_o his_o skill_n in_o pleasure_n prefer_v before_o tigellinus_n by_o nero_n whereupon_o the_o other_o out_o of_o envy_n accuse_v his_o rival_n of_o scaevinus_n his_o friendship_n who_o be_v convict_v of_o a_o 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