Selected quad for the lemma: end_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
end_n	law_n	people_n	safety_n	1,280	5	9.1725	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56189	A plea for the Lords, and House of Peers, or, A full, necessary, seasonable enlarged vindication of the just, antient hereditary right of the earls, lords, peers, and barons of this realm to sit, vote, judge, in all the parliaments of England wherein their right of session, and sole power of judicature without the Commons as peers ... / by William Prynne.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1659 (1659)	Wing P4035; ESTC R33925	413,000	574

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234._o gulielmus_fw-la nubrigensis_n relate_v q●cunque_fw-la rege_fw-la tyrannice_n occiderat_fw-la eo_fw-la ipso_fw-la personam_fw-la et_fw-la potestatem_fw-la regiam_fw-la induens_fw-la svo_fw-la quoque_fw-la occisori_fw-la tandem_fw-la post_fw-la modicum_fw-la fortunam_fw-la inveteratae_fw-la consuetudinis_fw-la lege_fw-la relicturus_fw-la quip_n ut_fw-la dicitur_fw-la à_fw-la centum_fw-la retrò_fw-la annis_fw-la et_fw-la eo_fw-la amplius_fw-la cum_fw-la regum_fw-la ibidem_fw-la numerosa_fw-la successio_fw-la fuerit_fw-la nullus_fw-la eorum_fw-la senio_fw-la aut_fw-la morbo_fw-la vitam_fw-la finivit_fw-la feed_v omnes_fw-la ferro_fw-la interiere_fw-la suis_fw-la interfectoribus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la legitimis_fw-la successoribus_fw-la regni_fw-la fastigium_fw-la relinquentes_fw-la ut_fw-la scilicet_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la tanto_fw-la tempore_fw-la ibidem_fw-la imperasse_fw-la noscuntur_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la scriptum_n est_fw-la respicere_fw-la videatur_fw-la 21.19_o occidisti_fw-la insuper_fw-la et_fw-la pos_fw-la sedisti_fw-la wherefore_o to_o prevent_v the_o dangerous_a consequence_n of_o these_o false_a gloss_n on_o the_o statute_n of_o 25_o e._n 3._o c._n 2._o &_o 11_o h._n 7._o c._n 1._o i_o shall_v lay_v down_o these_o infallible_a ground_n 1._o that_o all_o angliae_fw-la public_a law_n be_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v found_v in_o justice_n righteousness_n and_o common_a honesty_n for_o the_o preserve_n secure_v the_o life_n person_n estate_n of_o all_o man_n especial_o of_o lawful_a king_n and_o supreme_a magistrate_n from_o all_o violence_n invasion_n force_n disseisin_n usurpation_n conspiracy_n assassination_n be_v against_o all_o rule_n of_o law_n and_o justice_n exod._n 20.12_o to_o 18._o c._n 21_o &_o 22._o &_o 23._o mat._n 5.17_o to_o 48._o c._n 7._o 12._o deut._n 4.18_o psal_n 19.8.9_o ps_n 119.7.106_o 137_o 138·160_n 167._o rom._n 7.12_o deut._n 6.25_o ps_n 33.5_o ps_n 45.7_o ps_n 72.2_o ps_n 74.15_o prov._n 8.18_o prov._n 24.21_o 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