Selected quad for the lemma: king_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
king_n	writer_n	year_n	yield_v	30	3	6.9751	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14916	Ancient funerall monuments within the vnited monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the islands adiacent with the dissolued monasteries therein contained: their founders, and what eminent persons haue beene in the same interred. As also the death and buriall of certaine of the bloud royall; the nobilitie and gentrie of these kingdomes entombed in forraine nations. A worke reuiuing the dead memory of the royall progenie, the nobilitie, gentrie, and communaltie, of these his Maiesties dominions. Intermixed and illustrated with variety of historicall obseruations, annotations, and briefe notes, extracted out of approued authors ... Whereunto is prefixed a discourse of funerall monuments ... Composed by the studie and trauels of Iohn Weeuer.	Weever, John, 1576-1632.; Cecil, Thomas, fl. 1630, engraver.	1631 (1631)	STC 25223; ESTC S118104	831,351	907

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eclipse_n he_o eius_fw-la particularis_fw-la nam_fw-la sua_fw-la seu_fw-la prima_fw-la nunc_fw-la vita_fw-la latet_fw-la tenebrata_fw-la altera_fw-la sic_fw-la lucet_fw-la sic_fw-la nomen_fw-la eique_fw-la resplendet_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la defectum_fw-la nunquam_fw-la patietur_fw-la eclipsim_fw-la nam_fw-la per_fw-la vim_o fame_n stat_fw-la mortis_fw-la vulnus_fw-la inane_fw-la curio_n exoretur_fw-la pro_fw-la patre_fw-la pioque_fw-la rogetur_fw-la lux_fw-la quia_fw-la vera_fw-la fuit_fw-la subiectis_fw-la dummodo_fw-la rexit_fw-la semper_fw-la perpe_n ei_fw-la lux_fw-la luceat_fw-la ac_fw-la requici_fw-la pausa_fw-la sit_fw-la perpetue_fw-la vita_fw-la vinat_fw-la duplicique_fw-la nominis_fw-la ac_fw-la anime_fw-mi sic_fw-la vinere_fw-la vult_fw-la meruitque_fw-la 4._o upon_o a_o monk_n of_o this_o abbey_n here_o entomb_v quem_fw-la natura_fw-la mirum_fw-la natu_fw-la fecit_fw-la generosum_fw-la grataque_fw-la sor_n dominum_fw-la mos_fw-la atque_fw-la patrem_fw-la monachorum_fw-la 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tecumque_fw-la frui_fw-la requie_n cum_fw-la luce_fw-fr perhenni_fw-la vendicat_fw-la ex_fw-la jure_fw-la vixit_fw-la monachaliter_fw-la ipse_fw-la 6._o upon_o another_o brother_n of_o the_o covent_n here_o inter_v iste_fw-la pater_fw-la pater_fw-la iste_fw-la pius_fw-la pater_fw-la hic_fw-la tumulatus_fw-la et_fw-la pater_fw-la &_o mater_fw-la pedagogus_fw-la eratque_fw-la minister_n dum_fw-la rexit_fw-la pecorum_fw-la fuerat_fw-la cur_n quod_fw-la tribuendum_fw-la quatuor_fw-la hijs_fw-la restat_fw-la nunc_fw-la detur_fw-la eique_fw-la revivat_fw-la in_o voto_fw-la fratrum_fw-la quia_fw-la tot_fw-la fuit_fw-la unus_fw-la eisdem_fw-la stoque_fw-la vice_n que_fw-la modos_fw-la alternavit_fw-la variantes_fw-la morte_fw-la premi_fw-la talem_fw-la culpat_fw-la pietas_fw-la pietatem_fw-la 7._o upon_o john_n cressy_n a_o young_a youth_n of_o the_o ancient_a family_n of_o the_o cressye_n hereby_o at_o harding_n dum_fw-la pver_fw-la ipse_fw-la fui_fw-la pver_fw-la &_o libroque_fw-la vacavi_fw-la mortis_fw-la mole_n rui_fw-la moriens_fw-la hic_fw-la i_o sepelivi_fw-la here_o be_v magnus_fw-la eram_fw-la preclara_fw-la stirpe_fw-la que_fw-la natus_fw-la dumque_fw-la superfueram_fw-la john_n cressy_n rite_n vocatus_fw-la qui_fw-la pretergrederis_fw-la lege_fw-la pro_fw-la i_o postque_fw-la preceris_fw-la 8._o upon_o another_o young_a boy_n where_o bury_v i_o know_v not_o que_fw-fr iwenes_fw-la que_fw-fr senes_fw-la pueros_fw-la que_fw-la viros_fw-la premit_fw-la omnes_fw-la mors_fw-la sub_fw-la mole_n tua_fw-la precor_fw-la in_fw-la te_fw-la voce_fw-la sub_fw-la ista_fw-la sit_fw-la tibi_fw-la posse_fw-la breve_fw-la nunquam_fw-la fatum_fw-la puerile_a per_fw-la te_fw-la mutetur_fw-la sit_fw-la canis_fw-la cum_fw-la morietur_fw-la vi●_n undennis_fw-la eram_fw-la morsu_fw-la cum_fw-la mortis_fw-la obibam_fw-la 9_o dum_fw-la mater_fw-la plorat_fw-la pver_fw-la hic_fw-la in_o morte_fw-la laborat_fw-la dumque_fw-la petra_n tegitur_fw-la rogat_fw-la ut_fw-la requies_fw-la sibi_fw-la detur_fw-la ut_fw-la rogat_fw-la ipsae_fw-la sibi_fw-la sit_fw-la perpe_n pax_fw-la requiei_fw-la sic_fw-la nos_fw-la clamemus_fw-la secum_fw-la pariterque_fw-la rogemus_fw-la ut_fw-la sibi_fw-la cum_fw-la requie_n lux_fw-la lucescat_fw-la sine_fw-la sine_fw-la 10._o upon_o thomas_n pakington_n slay_v in_o the_o first_o battle_n here_o in_o saint_n alban_n who_o be_v sword-bearer_n to_o henry_n lord_n percy_n earl_n of_o northumberland_n here_o also_o slay_v as_o i_o have_v say_v before_o he_o lie_v bury_v in_o saint_n peter_n church_n in_o this_o town_n with_o a_o epitaph_n upon_o a_o marblestone_n to_o the_o same_o effect_n i_o vis_fw-la prostravit_fw-la i_o post_fw-la mortem_fw-la tumulavit_fw-la hac_fw-la sub_fw-la mole_n petre_n perij_fw-la seu_fw-la sic_fw-la periere_fw-la tres_fw-la magni_fw-la domini_fw-la fueram_fw-la tunc_fw-la scutifer_n uni_fw-la portitor_n ac_fw-la gladij_fw-la pax_fw-la sit_fw-la eique_fw-la mihi_fw-la ipse_fw-la thomas_n dictus_fw-la 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