Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	call_v	king_n	lord_n	8,089	5	3.7284	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40703	Agreement betwixt the present and the former government, or, A discourse of this monarchy, whether elective or hereditary? also of abdication, vacancy, interregnum, present possession of the crown, and the reputation of the Church of England ; with an answer to objections thence arising, against taking the new Oath of Allegiance, for the satisfaction of the scrupulous / by a divine of the Church of England, the author of a little tract entituled, Obedience due to the present King, nothwithstanding our oaths to the former.	Fullwood, Francis, d. 1693.	1689 (1689)	Wing F2495; ESTC R40983	47,690	74

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that_o the_o convention_n do_v suppose_v a_o vacancy_n in_o any_o other_o sense_n 3._o consequent_o whether_o that_o sense_n imply_v a_o interregnum_fw-la quest_n 1._o how_o far_o a_o total_a abdication_n of_o the_o government_n may_v or_o do_v necessary_o effect_v a_o vacancy_n in_o the_o throne_n sol._n for_o the_o clear_a answer_n to_o this_o we_o must_v take_v our_o measure_n from_o the_o nature_n of_o our_o government_n which_o have_v be_v suppose_v to_o be_v hereditary_a 1._o now_o if_o the_o government_n be_v indeed_o hereditary_a though_o there_o be_v a_o vacancy_n in_o the_o throne_n true_o wrought_v by_o the_o abdication_n of_o the_o government_n as_o the_o convention_n suppose_v it_o can_v be_v reasonable_o imagine_v to_o be_v a_o absolute_a and_o total_a vacancy_n or_o such_o in_o all_o respect_n 2._o the_o reason_n of_o the_o consequence_n seem_v plain_a