Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	charles_n	france_n	king_n	6,990	5	4.4672	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15807	Cyrupædia The institution and life of Cyrus, the first of that name, King of Persians. Eight bookes. Treating of noble education, of princely exercises, military discipline, vvarlike stratagems, preparations and expeditions: as appeareth by the contents before the beginning of the first booke. Written in Greeke by the sage Xenophon. Translated out of Greeke into English, and conferred with the Latine and French translations, by Philemon Holland of the city of Coventry Doctor in Physick. Dedicated to his most excellent Maiesty.; Cyropaedia. English	Xenophon.; Holland, Abraham, d. 1626. Naumachia. aut; Holland, Philemon, 1552-1637.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.	1632 (1632)	STC 26068; ESTC S118709	282,638	236

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which_o they_o have_v conceive_v of_o the_o news_n they_o hear_v as_o touch_v the_o war_n towards_o chap._n vi_o the_o instruction_n of_o cyrus_n deliver_v unto_o his_o chieftain_n as_o well_o concern_v their_o soldier_n diet_n as_o the_o conduct_n of_o a_o army_n in_o their_o march_n through_o the_o country_n the_o order_n of_o the_o pioner_n merchant_n and_o tradesman_n artisan_n and_o munitioner_n chap._n vii_o how_o cyrus_n march_v against_o his_o enemy_n in_o lydia_n the_o manner_n he_o use_v as_o well_o in_o encamp_v as_o in_o lead_v his_o whole_a army_n chap._n viii_o how_o araspas_n return_v unto_o cyrus_n and_o recount_v unto_o he_o all_o the_o ordnance_n and_o preparation_n of_o the_o enemy_n how_o himself_o prepare_v to_o range_v himself_o in_o battaile-ray_n chap._n ix_o how_o panthea_n enarm_v her_o husband_n abradate_n and_o cyrus_n do_v put_v himself_o in_o readiness_n to_o give_v battle_n the_o seven_o book_n chap._n i._n how_o cyrus_n enter_v the_o field_n with_o his_o 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