Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	france_n	king_n	lewis_n	3,219	5	10.3262	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95528	The certain travailes of an uncertain journey begun on Tuesday the 9. of August, and ended on Saturday the 3. of September following, 1653. Wherein the readers may take notice, that the authors purpose was to travell, and write this following relation, for no other intent or purpose, but to pleasure himself, and to please his friends in the first place. By John Taylor, at the sign of the Poets Head, in Phœniz [sic] Alley, near the Globe Tavern, in the middle of Long-Acre nigh the Covent-Garden. Those twelve following lines I gave to divers gentlemen and friends, before I went, and as they have kindly subscribed to my bill, I [d]o humbly expect their courteous acceptation of this booke.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1654 (1654)	Wing T438; Thomason E1434_1; ESTC R209555	8,695	29

it where William de Warron built a strong Castle whereunto the Barons in time of those civill brotles resorted in warlike manner and fought a great Battell against their Soveraigne and his sonne wherein the King Henry the third had his horse slaine under him Richard King of the Romans the Kings Brother was surprized and taken in a Wind-mill and Prince Edward who was after that King Edward the first or Longshankes delivered vnto them upon unequall termes of peace Places of other note are these Shore whence King Harold going upon the Sea for his pleasure in a small boate was driven upon the Coast of Normandy where by Duke William he was surprized and retained untill he swore to make him King after Edward the Confessor his death West-Wittering where Ella the Saxon Landed when he came to conquer those partes and gave the name to the Shoare from Cimen his Sonne Finally Gromebridge where Charles Duke of Orleance father to Lewis the twelfth King of Fraunce was long detained being taken Prisoner at Agincourt Yet I have beene in the Castle of Starborough where I was shewed the said Dukes Chamber in Kent or the edge of Surrey KENT THis is the first Province that appeareth in the South of this Kingdome and is bounded upon the North with the famous River Thamisis on the East with the German sea and Ocean on the south with Sussex and the narrowe seas and upon the West with Sussex and Surrey The cheifest City within this County is Canterbury which became famous both for the conversion of the Saxons by St. Augustine whereof eight of their Kings were there inter'd as also was Thomas Becket Arch-Bishop of Canterbury The invincible Castle of Dover is a place of the greatest strength not onely of this County but of the whole Kingdome being the Key of the Realme and as Iohn Rosse and Lidgate affirme was built by Julius Cesar The chiefest and onely thing of admiration in this shire is a hole at Mottingame eight yards about and a line of fiftie sadomes plummed into it doth finde no bottome where suddenly the ground sunke and three greate Elmes therein growing were swallowed vp into the earth This shire claimeth the preeminence of Christianity before all places of England for Lucius the first Christian British King in this Jland built a Church within the Castle of Dover There is no other memory or token of the great Battell which was fought at Ailesford betweene Hengist the ambitious Saxon and Vortimer the valiant Britaine wherein Horsa and Catigern brethren to both Generalls were slaine then a monument of Catigern which is nothing else but foure stones pitched in the manner of the Stone henge on Salsbury Plaine and is vulgarly called Ciscoatehouse which is upon the plaine there Englands Kings have had two seats in this County wherein they were went to make some aboade in the Summer time the one for their Court which is Greenwitch the other for their pleasure which is Eltham very convenient for pastimes and game for hunting There is also a place in this Shire called Tunbridge whither there is great concourse of infirms people who finde present remedy for their maladies by vertue of some Wells lately found out which prove verie so●eraigne To all my Friends that have subscribed their Names and dwellings to my Bill ACcording as you pay or pay me not So is my lucky or unlucky Lot I have made use of many friends before Age tels me now I shall do so no more Some friends I have and some small share of wit And want hath forc'd me to vse them and it I in my best of wishes will include Their kindnesse and my humble gratitude FINIS