Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	king_n	queen_n	son_n	6,739	5	5.3239	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37340	A brief history of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the occasions that brought her and Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, to their tragical ends shewing the hopes the Papists then had of a Popish successor in England, and their plots to accomplish them : with a full account of the tryals of that Queen, and of the said Duke, as also the trial of Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel : from the papers of a secretary of Sir Francis Walsingham / now published by a person of quality.	M. D.; Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1530?-1590.	1681 (1681)	Wing D57; ESTC R8596	76,972	72

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on_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o on_o the_o left_a hand_n of_o the_o lord_n steward_n then_o the_o lieutenant_n deliver_v in_o the_o precept_n which_o be_v read_v and_o then_o be_v proclamation_n make_v that_o every_o man_n shall_v keep_v silence_n and_o mr._n sands_n speak_v to_o the_o prisoner_n in_o this_o manner_n thomas_n duke_n of_o norfolk_n sands_n proclamation_n sands_n late_o of_o hemming_n hall_n in_o the_o county_n of_o norfolk_n hold_v up_o thy_o hand_n which_o do_v he_o read_v the_o indictment_n the_o effect_n whereof_o be_v that_o the_o 26_o day_n of_o september_n in_o the_o 11_o year_n of_o the_o queen_n majesty_n reign_n and_o before_o and_o after_o he_o do_v traitorous_o compact_v and_o imagine_v to_o deprive_v and_o destroy_v and_o to_o put_v to_o death_n our_o sovereign_a lady_n the_o queen_n and_o to_o raise_v rebellion_n to_o subvert_v the_o commonwealth_n and_o so_o stir_v up_o foreigner_n to_o invade_v the_o