Selected quad for the lemma: king_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
king_n	abbess_n	abbot_n	priest_n	97	3	6.2972	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91297	The third part of a seasonable, legal, and historical vindication of the good old fundamental liberties, franchises, rights, laws, government of all English freemen; with a chronological collection of their strenuous defenses, by wars, and otherwise: of all great Parliamentary Councills, synods, and chief laws, charters, proceedings in them; of the publike revolutions of state, with the sins and vices occasioning them; and the exemplary judgements of God upon tyrants, oppressors, perjured perfidious traitors, rebels, regicides, usurpers, during the reigns o [sic] four Saxon and Danish Kings, from the year of our Lord 600. till the coronation of William the Norman, anno 1066. Collected out of our antientest, and best historians, with brief usefull observations on and from them. / By William Prynne esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne.; Seasonable, legall, and historicall vindication and chronologicall collection of the good, old, fundamentall, liberties, franchises, rights, laws of all English freemen. Part 3	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1657 (1657)	Wing P4102; Thomason E905_1; ESTC R207432	279,958	400

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who_o archbishop_n odo_n divorce_v he_o and_o likewise_o with_o sundry_a other_o concubine_n which_o he_o entertain_v in_o his_o court_n who_o odo_n excommunicate_v and_o banish_v thence_o 2._o his_o indiscreet_a and_o tyrannical_a gvernment_n contrary_a to_o his_o law_n i._o in_o slight_v 4._o depress_v and_o destroy_v the_o noble_n and_o wiseman_n of_o the_o realm_n who_o disgust_v his_o lascivious_a course_n and_o in_o favour_v ignorant_a unjust_a vicious_a person_n and_o follow_v their_o most_o wicked_a counsel_n 2._o in_o banish_v abbot_n dunstan_n and_o seize_v upon_o all_o his_o good_n only_o for_o justice_n sake_n because_o he_o reprehend_v he_o for_o his_o exorbitant_a vicious_a course_n be_v then_o the_o chief_a sway_a grandee_n and_o head_n of_o the_o monkish_a faction_n 3._o in_o forcible_o thrust_v out_o by_o arm_a soldier_n all_o the_o regular_a monk_n throughout_o england_n and_o cast_v they_o forth_o of_o the_o monastery_n there_o be_v then_o no_o regular_a monk_n in_o 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of_o england_n other_o affirm_v that_o he_o be_v deprive_v both_o of_o his_o life_n and_o kingdom_n by_o the_o rebellion_n of_o his_o subject_n but_o his_o monkish_a opposite_n record_v that_o he_o be_v take_v away_o by_o a_o untimely_a death_n by_o god_n just_a judgement_n in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 959._o whereupon_o his_o brother_n edgar_n ab_fw-la omni_fw-la populo_fw-la electus_fw-la be_v elect_a king_n by_o all_o the_o people_n unite_v the_o kingdom_n into_o one_o and_o obtain_v the_o entire_a monarchy_n of_o the_o realm_n the_o king_n of_o cumberland_n scotland_n and_o wales_n voluntary_o submit_v and_o do_v homage_n to_o he_o without_o any_o effusion_n of_o blood_n or_o war_n king_n edgar_z 408._o about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 963._o 963._o contrive_v the_o death_n of_o earl_n ethelwald_n who_o as_o some_o author_n aver_v against_o his_o trust_n have_v cheat_v he_o of_o elfrida_n only_a daughter_n of_o ordgarus_n duke_n of_o devonshire_n the_o paragon_n of_o her_o sex_n by_o disparage_v

seculum_fw-la tolerabilis_fw-la et_fw-la nemo_fw-la requiret_fw-la regem_fw-la pro_fw-la aliqua_fw-la causa_fw-la nisi_fw-la domi_fw-la negatur_fw-la ei_fw-la omne_fw-la dignum_fw-la recti_fw-la vel_fw-la rectum_fw-la impetrare_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la et_fw-fr de_fw-fr nulla_fw-la emendabili_fw-la re_fw-la foris_fw-la faciat_fw-la homo_fw-la plusquam_fw-la weram_fw-la svam_fw-la agreeable_a to_o our_o king_n coronation_n oath_n and_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la et_fw-la judex_fw-la qui_fw-la injustum_fw-la judicium_fw-la judicabit_fw-la alicui_fw-la det_fw-la regi_fw-la cxx_o s._n nisi_fw-la jurare_fw-la audeat_fw-la quod_fw-la rectius_fw-la judicare_fw-la nescivit_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la aliquem_fw-la injust_a superdicere_fw-la praesumat_fw-la unde_fw-la vita_fw-la vel_fw-la commodo_fw-la pejor_fw-la sit_fw-la linguae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la erit_fw-la etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 969._o there_o be_v 969._o a_o general_a council_n 966._o assemble_v at_o london_n by_o king_n edgar_n at_o the_o instigation_n of_o pope_n john_n and_o archbishop_n dunstan_n wherein_o as_o i_o conceive_v the_o king_n make_v that_o elegant_a oration_n against_o the_o vicious_a life_n of_o the_o clergy_n thus_o express_v his_o own_o duty_n and_o supremacy_n over_o all_o person_n and_o cause_n both_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a justum_fw-la proinde_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la omne_fw-la subjecit_fw-la sub_fw-la pedibus_fw-la nostril_n subjiciamus_fw-la illi_fw-la et_fw-la nos_fw-la et_fw-la animas_fw-la nostra●_n et_fw-la ut_fw-la hi_o quos_fw-la nobis_fw-la subdidit_fw-la ejus_fw-la subdantur_fw-la legibus_fw-la non_fw-la segniter_fw-la el●●oremus_fw-la et_fw-la meae_fw-la quidem_fw-la interes●_n laicos_fw-la cum_fw-la aequitatis_fw-la jure_fw-la tractare_fw-la inter_fw-la virum_fw-la et_fw-la proximum_fw-la suum_fw-la justum_fw-la judicium_fw-la facere_fw-la punire_fw-la sacrilegos_fw-la rebel_n supprimere_fw-la eripere_fw-la inopem_fw-la de_fw-la manufortiorum_fw-la ejus_fw-la egenum_fw-la et_fw-la pauperem_fw-la à_fw-la deripientibus_fw-la eum_fw-la sed_fw-la et_fw-la meae_fw-la sollicitudinis_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la ministris_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la necessaria_fw-la procurare_fw-la et_fw-la paci_fw-la eorum_fw-la et_fw-la quieti_fw-la consulere_fw-la de_fw-fr quorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la moribus_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la spectat_fw-la examen_fw-la si_fw-la vivunt_fw-la continenter_fw-la si_fw-la honest_a se_fw-la habent_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la foris_fw-la sunt_fw-la si_fw-la in_o divinis_fw-la officiis_fw-la solliciti_fw-la si_fw-la in_o docendo_fw-la populo_fw-la assidui_fw-la si_fw-la victu_fw-la sobrii_fw-la si_fw-la moderati_fw-la habitu●_n si_fw-la in_o judiciis_fw-la sunt_fw-la discreti_fw-la etc._n etc._n ego_fw-la constantini_n vos_fw-fr petri_n gladium_fw-la habetis_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la jungamus_fw-la dextras_fw-la gladium_fw-la gladio_fw-la copulemus_fw-la ut_fw-la ejiciantur_fw-la iextra_fw-la castra_fw-la leprosi_fw-la ut_fw-la purgetur_fw-la sanctuarium_fw-la domini_fw-la et_fw-la ministrent_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la silij_fw-la levi_n etc._n etc._n after_o which_o direct_v his_o speech_n to_o dunstan_n aethelwald_n and_o oswald_n he_o conclude_v thus_o vobis_fw-la istud_fw-la committo_fw-la negotium_fw-la ut_fw-la episcopali_fw-la censura_fw-la et_fw-la authoritate_fw-la regius_fw-la turpiteriviventes_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la ejiciamur_fw-la &_o ordinatè_fw-la viventes_fw-la introducantur_fw-la herupon_o there_o be_v a_o decree_n make_v in_o this_o general_n council_n that_o all_o canon_n priest_n deacon_n and_o subdeacon_n shall_v live_v chaste_o that_o be_v put_v away_o their_o lawful_a wife_n vow_v chastity_n and_o become_v 4._o monk_n or_o relinquish_v the_o church_n they_o then_o hold_v the_o execution_n whereof_o be_v commit_v to_o oswald_n and_o ethelwald_n who_o thereupon_o compel_v the_o clergy_n in_o worcester_n winchester_n and_o other_o church_n to_o become_v monk_n renuentes_fw-la verò_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la beneficio_fw-la spoliarunt_fw-la deprive_v those_o who_o refuse_v of_o all_o their_o benefice_n and_o put_v monk_n into_o they_o qui_fw-la novo_fw-la quidem_fw-la splendore_fw-la universam_fw-la insulam_fw-la illustrarunt_fw-la as_o our_o monkish_a writer_n record_v or_o rather_o novo_fw-la foetore_fw-la contaminarunt_fw-la as_o other_o write_v 868._o john_n bromton_n inform_v we_o that_o after_o the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o nun_n of_o ely_n by_o inguar_n and_o hubba_n the_o secular_a priest_n enjoy_v that_o monastery_n one_o hundred_o year_n space_n who_o king_n edgar_n de_fw-fr concilio_n beati_fw-la 4._o dunstani_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la &_o dicti_fw-la ethe●wa●di_fw-la a●_n m●gnatum_fw-la regni_fw-la in_o the_o forementioned_a general_n council_n expulit_fw-la &_o fugavit_fw-la for_o their_o dishonest_a conversation_n bishop_n oswald_z have_v eject_v the_o marry_a secular_a priest_n out_o of_o his_o church_n at_o worcester_n and_o introduce_v monk_n in_o their_o place_n do_v this_o year_n 969._o as_o i_o conjecture_v from_o the_o premise_n not_o 964._o as_o sir_n henry_n s●●lman_n compute_v it_o 158._o 〈◊〉_d king_n 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o counsel_n and_o assent_v of_o his_o prince_n noble_n and_o bishop_n most_o probable_o in_o the_o forementioned_a general_n council_n or_o that_o of_o london_n next_o ensue_v to_o ratify_v this_o their_o ejection_n and_o confirm_v the_o church_n of_o worcester_n with_o all_o the_o land_n good_n ecclesiastical_a &_o secular_a thing_n thereto_o 6_o belong_v to_o the_o monk_n of_o that_o church_n for_o ever_o free_a from_o all_o secular_a service_n and_o exaction_n hard_a or_o easy_a and_o from_o all_o fiscal_v duty_n great_a and_o small_a know_v or_o unknown_a as_o well_o of_o the_o king_n of_o prince_n as_o of_o their_o officer_n exceptis_fw-la arcis_fw-la &_o pontis_fw-la extructione_fw-la et_fw-la expeditione_n ●dntra_fw-la hostem_fw-la and_o that_o by_o the_o special_a charter_n call_v oswald_n law_n subscribe_v by_o the_o king_n queen_n both_o the_o archbishop_n and_o 3_o duke_n anglic._n king_n edgar_z anno_fw-la 970._o or_o 971._o in_o the_o 12_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n hold_v another_o parliamentary_a council_n at_o 970._o london_n where_o himself_o his_o mother_n alfgina_fw-la prince_n edward_n his_o son_n kined_a king_n of_o scot_n mascusius_n his_o admiral_n both_o the_o ahchbishop_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o all_o the_o noble_n and_o great_a man_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v present_a by_o his_o charter_n make_v in_o and_o ratify_v by_o this_o council_n this_o king_n grant_v and_o confirm_v many_o and_o very_o magnificent_a privilege_n to_o the_o monastery_n of_o glastonbury_n communi_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la principumque_fw-la concilio_fw-la et_fw-la generali_fw-la assensu_fw-la pontificum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la dptimatumque_fw-la suorum_fw-la exempt_n the_o monastery_n and_o monk_n thereof_o not_o only_o from_o all_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n but_o likewise_o all_o their_o land_n from_o all_o tribute_n and_o exchequer_n business_n for_o ever_o grant_v they_o socam_fw-la &_o sacam_fw-la &c._n &c._n toll_n &_o team_n italibere_fw-la et_fw-la quiet_a sicut_fw-la ego_fw-la habeo_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la meo_fw-la eandem_fw-la quoque_fw-la libertatem_fw-la &_o potestatem_fw-la quam_fw-la ego_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la mea_fw-la habeo_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o demittendo_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o puniendo_fw-la &_o in_o quibuslibet_fw-la omnino_fw-la negotiis_fw-la abbas_n &_o monachi_fw-la praefati_fw-la monasterii_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la sua_fw-la habeant_fw-la and_o which_o be_v a_o privilege_n beyond_o all_o precedent_n si_fw-mi autem_fw-la abbas_n vel_fw-la quilibet_fw-la monachus_n loci_fw-la illius_fw-la latronem_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la suspendium_fw-la vel_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la mortis_fw-la periculum_fw-la ducitnr_fw-la in_o itinere_fw-la obvium_fw-la habuerit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habeat_fw-la eri●iendi_fw-la eum_fw-la ab_fw-la imminen_n i_fw-it periculo_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la regno_fw-la meo_fw-la the_o old_a charter_n begin_v thus_o in_o nomine_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la qnamvis_fw-la decreta_fw-la pontificum_fw-la &_o verba_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la inconvulsis_fw-la ligaminibus_fw-la velut_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la montium_fw-la fixa_fw-la sunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la plerumque_fw-la tempestatibus_fw-la &_o turbinibus_fw-la saecularium_fw-la rerum_fw-la religio_fw-la sanctae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la maculis_fw-la reproborum_fw-la dissipatur_fw-la ac_fw-la ●un●itur_fw-la ●ccirco_fw-mi profu●●_n un●●ucceden●ibus_fw-la posteris_fw-la esse_fw-la decrevimus_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la salubri_fw-la consilio_fw-la et_fw-la communi_fw-la assensu_fw-la definiuntur_fw-la nostris_fw-la literis_fw-la roborata_fw-la firmentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la itaque_fw-la dunstano_fw-la doroberniensi_fw-la atque_fw-la oswaldo_n eboracensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la adhortantibus_fw-la consentiente_fw-la etiam_fw-la er_fw-mi annuente_fw-la brithelmo_n fontanensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la episcopis_fw-la 10._o abbatibus_fw-la et_fw-la primatibus_fw-la ego_fw-la eagar_n divina_fw-la dispositione_n rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o it_o conclude_v thus_o acta_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la privilegii_fw-la pagina_fw-la &_o confirmata_fw-la apud_fw-la londonium_n communi_fw-la concilio_n amnium_fw-la primatum_fw-la meorum_fw-la then_o follow_v the_o subscription_n of_o king_n egar_n alfgina_fw-la his_o mother_n prince_z edward_z kindred_n king_n of_o scot_n mascusius_n the_o chief_a admiral_n both_o the_o archbishop_n 6_o bishop_n 8_o abbot_n 3_o duke_n and_o other_o officer_n which_o charter_n and_o privilege_n at_o the_o king_n request_n be_v ratify_v by_o pope_n john_n the_o 13_o in_o a_o general_a council_n at_o rome_n anno_fw-la dom._n 971._o by_o a_o special_a bull_n that_o they_o may_v remain_v inviolable_a yet_o both_o the_o abbey_n itself_o land_n privilege_n be_v long_o since_o demolish_v dissipate_v annihilate_v such_o be_v the_o mutabiliunity_n of_o all_o

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usquequo_fw-la ei●_n provideret_fw-la svam_fw-la capellam_fw-la ac_fw-la aulam_fw-la quotidie_fw-la frequentare_fw-la imperavit_fw-la the_o abbot_n of_o croyland_n die_v soon_o after_o and_o his_o pastoral_a staff_n by_o which_o he_o be_v invest_v be_v present_v by_o the_o prior_n and_o two_o monk_n to_o king_n edward_n the_o king_n thereupon_o immediate_o invest_v wulgatus_n in_o the_o regiment_n of_o the_o monastery_n of_o croyland_n by_o the_o delivery_n of_o the_o pastoral_n staff_n unto_o he_o second_v with_o his_o charter_n of_o donation_n without_o any_o election_n by_o the_o covent_n inter_fw-la praecipua_fw-la monasteria_fw-la tunc_fw-la magno_fw-la nomine_fw-la praedicabatur_fw-la croilandia_n tot_fw-la &_o tanta_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la danicae_fw-la tribulationis_fw-la in_o regis_fw-la curiam_fw-la semper_fw-la manu_fw-la promptissima_fw-la effuderat_fw-la donaria_fw-la et_fw-la tributa_fw-la a_o multis_fw-la itaque_fw-la annis_fw-la retroactis_fw-la nulla_fw-la 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