Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	duke_n	king_n	richard_n	5,531	5	9.4247	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42946	The character of Thomas Merkes, Bishop of Carlisle out of Bishop Godwin's Commentaries of the bishops of England, part 2, pag. 149 : together with his speech in the last Parliament of King Richard II, anno 1399, as it is recorded by Sir John Hayward in The first part of the life and reign of K. Henry IV, pag. 101.; De praesulibus Angliae commentarius. English. Selections	Godwin, Francis, 1562-1633.; Hayward, John, Sir, 1564?-1627. First part of the life and raigne of King Henrie the IIII.; Merke, Thomas, d. 1409. Speech in the last Parliament of King Richard II.	1689 (1689)	Wing G969; ESTC R23000	7,627	8

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〈◊〉_d 2._o 13_o 14_o 17._o 1_o 〈◊〉_d 2._o 2._o rom._n 13_o 2_o job._n 19_o 〈◊〉_d isa._n 45_o 1._o 2_o 〈◊〉_d 36_o 22._o &_o 19_o 6._o psal._n 28._o sap._n 6._o quin._n in_o declam_n cic._n offic_n lib._n 1_o 〈◊〉_d 9_o 37._o alphons_n a_o c●st_n in_o lib._n de_fw-fr haeresi_fw-la in_o verb._n tyrannus_n dominic_n soto_n 1._o 5._o the_o just_a &_o jur_n ●_o 1_o artic_a 3._o