Selected quad for the lemma: king_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
king_n	check_v	knight_n	queen_n	55,629	5	10.4035	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11524	The famous game of chesse-play truely discouered, and all doubts resolued; so that by reading this small booke thou shalt profit more then by the playing a thousand mates. An exercise full of delight; fit for princes, or any person of what qualitie soeuer. Newly published by A.S. Gent.	Saul, Arthur.	1614 (1614)	STC 21772; ESTC S116800	17,752	61
A19790	Ludus scacchiæ: = chesse-play A game, both pleasant, wittie, and politicke: with certain briefe instructions therevnto belonging; translated out of the Italian into the English tongue. Containing also therein, a prety and pleasant poeme of a whole game played at chesse. Written by G.B.; Libro da imparare giocare a scachi. English. Selections	Damiano, da Odenara.; G. B., fl. 1592-1597.; Vida, Marco Girolamo, ca. 1485-1566. Scacchia ludus. aut	1597 (1597)	STC 6216; ESTC S109216	18,597	48
A19788	The pleasaunt and vvittie playe of the cheasts renewed with instructions both to learne it easely, and to play it well. Lately translated out of Italian into French: and now set furth in Englishe by Iames Rowbothum.; Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi. English	Damiano, da Odenara.; Rowbothum, James.	1562 (1562)	STC 6214; ESTC S105152	22,030	87
A10687	The countrie mans comfort. Or Religious recreations fitte for all well disposed persons. Which was printed in the yeere of our Lord 1588. And since corrected, amended, and enlarged by the same author. I.R.	Rhodes, John, minister of Enborne.	1637 (1637)	STC 20961; ESTC S103457	26,382	92
A41975	The royall game of chesse-play sometimes the recreation of the late king, with many of the nobility : illustrated vvith almost an hundred gambetts / being the study of Biochimo, the famous Italian.; Trattato del nobilissimo giuoco degli scacchi. English	Greco, Gioachino.; Beale, Francis.	1656 (1656)	Wing G1810; ESTC R23418	37,590	146
A20829	Mortimeriados The lamentable ciuell vvarres of Edward the second and the barrons.	Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631.	1596 (1596)	STC 7208; ESTC S105390	46,972	148
A34637	The compleat gamester, or, Instructions how to play at billiards, trucks, bowls, and chess together with all manner of usual and most gentile games either on cards or dice : to which is added the arts and mysteries of riding, racing, archery, and cock-fighting.	Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687.	1674 (1674)	Wing C6382; ESTC R23124	83,437	249
B02403	Instructions how to play at billiards, trucks, bowls, and chess. Together with all manner of games either on cards, or dice. To which is added the arts and mysteries of riding, racing, archery, and cock-fighting.	Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687.	1687 (1687)	Wing C6386A; ESTC R174281	83,437	197
A18343	[T]o the right noble, right excellent [and] vertuous prince George duc of Clarence Erle of warwyk and of salisburye, grete chamberlayn of Englond [and] leutenant of Irelond oldest broder of kynge Edward by the grace of god kynge of England and of frau[n]ce, your most humble seruant william Caxton amonge other of your seruantes sendes vnto you peas. helthe. ioye and victorye vpon your enemyes ...; De ludo scachorum. English	Jacobus, de Cessolis, fl. 1288-1322; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.	1480 (1474)	STC 4920; ESTC S106478	90,016	148
A28928	The compleat French-master for ladies and gentlemen being a new method, to learn with ease and delight the French tongue, as it is now spoken in the court of France, in three parts, I. A short and plain grammar, II. A vocabulary, familiar dialogues, the niceties of the French tongue, and twelve discourses ... III. Four collections ... / by A. Boyer ...	Boyer, Abel, 1667-1729.	1694 (1694)	Wing B3913; ESTC R16179	184,839	536
A66541	The history of Great Britain being the life and reign of King James the First, relating to what passed from his first access to the crown, till his death / by Arthur Wilson.	Wilson, Arthur, 1595-1652.	1653 (1653)	Wing W2888; ESTC R38664	278,410	409