Selected quad for the lemma: king_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
king_n	witness_n	world_n	young_a	35	3	6.0386	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01080	A learned commendation of the politique lawes of Englande vvherin by moste pitthy reasons & euident demonstrations they are plainelye proued farre to excell aswell the ciuile lawes of the Empiere, as also all other lawes of the world, with a large discourse of the difference betwene the. ii. gouernements of kingdomes: whereof the one is onely regall, and the other consisteth of regall and polityque administration conioyned. written in latine aboue an hundred yeares past, by the learned and right honorable maister Fortescue knight ... And newly translated into Englishe by Robert Mulcaster.; De laudibus legum Angliae. English and Latin	Fortescue, John, Sir, 1394?-1476?; Mulcaster, Robert. 16th Century	1567 (1567)	STC 11194; ESTC S102454	98,618	567

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¶_o a_o learned_a commendation_n of_o the_o politic_a law_n of_o england_n wherein_o by_o most_o pithy_a reason_n &_o evident_a demonstration_n they_o be_v plainelye_o prove_v far_o to_o excel_v aswell_o the_o civil_a law_n of_o the_o empiere_n as_o also_o all_o other_o law_n of_o the_o world_n with_o a_o large_a discourse_n of_o the_o difference_n between_o the_o ii_o governement_n of_o kingdom_n whereof_o the_o one_o be_v only_o regal_a and_o the_o other_o consist_v of_o regal_a and_o polityque_a administration_n conjoin_v write_a in_o latin_a above_o a_o hundred_o year_n past_a by_o the_o learned_a and_o right_a honourable_a master_n fortescue_n knight_n lord_n chancellor_n of_o england_n in_o y_z e_z time_n of_o king_n henrye_n the_o vi_o and_o new_o translate_v into_o english_a by_o robert_n mulcaster_n pio_n lectori_fw-la istius_fw-la non_fw-la minus_fw-la pij_fw-la quá_fw-la eruditi_fw-la opusculi_fw-la exemplar_n nactus_fw-la quum_fw-la antiquitatem_fw-la venerandam_fw-la 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