Selected quad for the lemma: honour_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
honour_n	guilty_a	lord_n	put_v	1,443	5	9.3023	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63176	The tryal of Henry Baron Delamere for high-treason, in Westminster-Hall, the 14th day of January, 1685, before the Right Honourable George Lord Jeffreys, Baron of Wemm, Lord High Chancellour of England, constituted Lord High Steward on that occasion on which day, after a full hearing, the Lord Delamere was acquitted from all matters laid to his charge.	Warrington, Henry Booth, Earl of, 1652-1694, defendant.	1686 (1686)	Wing T2189; ESTC R23568	84,177	92

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