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	steward_n	5,452	5	14.1598	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48960	Analogia honorum, or, A treatise of honour and nobility, according to the laws and customes of England collected out of the most authentick authors, both ancient and modern : in two parts : the first containing honour military, and relateth to war, the second, honour civil, and relateth	Logan, John, 17th cent.; Blome, Richard, d. 1705.	1677 (1677)	Wing L2834; ESTC R17555	244,594	208

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prisoner_n again_o who_o shall_v be_v lead_v to_o the_o bar_n to_o who_o the_o high_a steward_n shall_v rehearse_v the_o verdict_n of_o the_o peer_n and_o give_v judgement_n according_o the_o antiquity_n and_o original_a of_o this_o kind_n of_o trial_n by_o the_o opinion_n of_o several_a author_n be_v ground_v from_o the_o statute_n of_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la so_o call_v not_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o quantity_n but_o of_o the_o weight_n of_o it_o coke_n to_o the_o reader_n before_o his_o eight_o part_n fol._n 2._o cap._n 29._o beginning_n thus_o millus_fw-la libre_fw-la homo_fw-la etc._n etc._n nec_fw-la super_fw-la eum_fw-la ibimus_fw-la nec_fw-la super_fw-la eum_fw-la mittemus_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la legale_fw-la judicium_fw-la parium_fw-la suorum_fw-la but_o i_o take_v it_o to_o be_v more_o ancient_a than_o the_o time_n of_o henry_n the_o three_o as_o bring_v into_o the_o realm_n with_o the_o conqueror_n be_v answerable_a to_o the_o norman_a and_o french_a law_n and_o 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