Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	john_n	king_n	legate_n	2,473	5	10.8831	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59100	Tracts written by John Selden of the Inner-Temple, Esquire ; the first entituled, Jani Anglorvm facies altera, rendred into English, with large notes thereupon, by Redman Westcot, Gent. ; the second, England's epinomis ; the third, Of the original of ecclesiastical jurisdictions of testaments ; the fourth, Of the disposition or administration of intestates goods ; the three last never before extant.; Selections. 1683	Selden, John, 1584-1654.; Littleton, Adam, 1627-1694.; White, Robert, 1645-1703.; Selden, John, 1584-1654. Jani Anglorum facies altera. English.; Selden, John, 1584-1654. England's epinomis.; Selden, John, 1584-1654. Of the original of ecclesiastical jurisdiction of testaments.	1683 (1683)	Wing S2441; ESTC R14343	196,477	246

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4_o chap._n iii_o the_o saxon_n custom_n and_o law_n except_o what_o be_v in_o lambard_n archaeonomy_n during_o their_o government_n until_o the_o norman_n p._n 8_o chap._n iu_o william_n the_o first_o but_o none_o of_o that_o which_o under_o title_n of_o his_o law_n be_v in_o lambard_n p._n 12_o chap._n v._o what_o be_v receive_v under_o william_n le_fw-fr rous_n p._n 15_o chap._n iu_o henry_n beauclerc_n restore_v and_o invent_v common_a liberty_n p._n 16_o chap._n vii_o stephen_n of_o blois_n p._n 19_o chap._n viii_o henry_n fitz-l'empres_a and_o his_o clarendon_n constitution_n restore_v to_o themselves_o and_o purge_v from_o the_o fault_n wherewith_o they_o have_v be_v publish_v p._n 20_o assisae_fw-la henrici_fw-la regis_fw-la factae_fw-la apud_fw-la clarendon_n &_o renovatae_fw-la apud_fw-la northamtune_n p._n 26_o chap._n ix_o richard_n ceur_fw-fr de_fw-fr lion_n p._n 29_o forma_fw-la procedendi_fw-la in_o placitis_fw-la coronae_fw-la regis_fw-la ibid._n capitula_fw-la placitorum_fw-la coronae_fw-la regis_fw-la ibid._n capitula_fw-la placitorum_fw-la coronae_fw-la d._n regis_fw-la p._n 32_o haec_fw-la est_fw-la assisa_fw-la d._n regis_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la praecepta_fw-la de_fw-la forestis_n suis_fw-la in_o anglia_fw-it facta_fw-la per_fw-la assensum_fw-la &_o concilium_fw-la archiepisc._n episc._n &_o abbat_n comit._n &_o bar._n &_o militum_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la p._n 33_o chap._n x._o king_n john_n and_o his_o grand_a charter_n p._n 35_o consuetudines_fw-la scaccarii_fw-la super_fw-la debitis_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la inquirendis_fw-la ibid._n england_n epinomis_n chap._n i._n from_o the_o first_o suppose_v inhabitant_n and_o britain_n until_o julius_n caesar._n if_o all_o publish_a authority_n be_v a_o legitimate_a brother_n to_o truth_n be_v certainty_n then_o can_v i_o affirm_v that_o their_o common_a father_n old_a time_n once_o see_v a_o samothean_a race_n in_o this_o isle_n of_o brittany_n 118._o the_o italian-bred_n 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chap._n iii_o in_o who_o after_o the_o time_n of_o king_n john_n but_o in_o that_o charter_n of_o liberty_n both_o for_o the_o church_n and_o laity_n make_v to_o the_o baronage_n of_o england_n in_o the_o seventeen_o of_o king_n john_n extant_a in_o reningmead_n a_o express_a ordinance_n be_v that_o if_o any_o freeman_n die_v intestate_a his_o chattel_n be_v to_o be_v dispose_v of_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o next_o of_o kin_n by_o the_o view_n of_o the_o church_n that_o be_v direction_n and_o advice_n be_v thereto_o give_v by_o the_o ordinary_a as_o i_o understand_v save_v to_o all_o creditor_n their_o debt_n the_o word_n of_o it_o be_v si_fw-mi aliquis_fw-la libre_fw-la homo_fw-la intestatus_fw-la decesserit_fw-la catalla_n sua_fw-la per_fw-la manus_fw-la propinquorum_fw-la parentum_fw-la &_o amicorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la per_fw-la visum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la distribuantur_fw-la salvis_fw-la unicuique_fw-la debitis_fw-la quae_fw-la defunctùs_fw-la eye_n debebat_fw-la that_o charter_n 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