Selected quad for the lemma: king_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
king_n	abbot_n	parliament_n	prior_n	773	4	10.6117	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68707	A large declaration concerning the late tumults in Scotland, from their first originalls together with a particular deduction of the seditious practices of the prime leaders of the Covenanters: collected out of their owne foule acts and writings: by which it doth plainly appeare, that religion was onely pretended by those leaders, but nothing lesse intended by them. By the King.	Balcanquhall, Walter, 1586?-1645.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1639 (1639)	STC 21906; ESTC S116832	348,621	446

1584._o wherein_o he_o be_v name_v as_o one_o among_o other_o the_o king_n commissioner_n whereof_o some_o be_v mere_a secular_a person_n 5._o it_o be_v clear_a by_o the_o first_o act_n of_o the_o nine_o parliament_n 1584._o and_o the_o eleven_o act_n of_o the_o 10._o parliament_n 1585._o that_o bishopric_n prelacy_n abbacy_n priory_n nunnery_n be_v then_o think_v to_o be_v alike_o in_o the_o king_n hand_n be_v grant_v to_o whatsoever_o person_n be_v his_o subject_n albeit_o they_o brook_v no_o office_n in_o the_o kirk_n so_o that_o some_o of_o these_o lordship_n and_o barony_n be_v erect_v before_o 1587._o and_o exclude_v from_o the_o annexation_n 6._o as_o the_o kirk_n have_v ever_o be_v crave_v the_o dissolution_n of_o prelacy_n and_o condemn_v the_o temporal_a as_o well_o as_o the_o spiritual_a estate_n of_o bishop_n by_o their_o act_n of_o the_o assembly_n 1581._o and_o by_o their_o censure_n of_o the_o presbytery_n of_o strivil_v for_o admit_v montgomrie_n to_o the_o 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