Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	east_n	lie_v	sail_v	1,949	5	10.3764	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07619	The abridgement or summarie of the Scots chronicles with a short description of their originall, from the comming of Gathelus their first progenitor out of Græcia into Egypt. And their comming into Portingall and Spaine, and of their kings and gouernours in Spaine, Ireland and Albion, now called Scotland, (howbeit the whole number are not extant) with a true chronologie of all their kings. Their reignes, deaths and burials, from Fergusius the first king of Scotland, vntill his Royall Maiestie, now happily raigning ouer all Great Brittaine and Ireland, and all the isles to them appertaining. With a true description and diuision of the whole realme of Scotland, and of the principall cities, townes, abbies, fortes, castles, towers and riuers, and of the commodities in euery part thereof, and of the isles in generall, with a memoriall of the most rare and wonderfull things in Scotland. By Iohn Monipennie.	Monipennie, John.	1612 (1612)	STC 18014	80,300	130

horse_n it_o have_v five_o great_a river_n rich_a in_o salmond_n and_o many_o little_a water_n plenty_n of_o salmond_n and_o other_o fish_n the_o sea_n run_v in_o the_o land_n on_o all_o side_n make_v many_o salt_n water_n three_o principal_a and_o 13._o other_o all_o rich_a in_o herring_n there_o be_v in_o it_o a_o fresh_a water_n loch_n and_o ●…e_v castle_n about_o the_o sky_n lie_v little_a land_n scatter_v here_o and_o there_o oronsa_n fertile_a in_o corn_n and_o store_n cunicularia_fw-la full_a of_o bush_n and_o connye_n next_o be_v paba_n 8._o mile_n from_o paba_n southwest_n lie_v scalpa_n which_o beside_o sundry_a other_o commodity_n have_v wood_n full_a of_o troop_n of_o dear_a betwixt_o the_o mouth_n of_o zochcarron_n and_o raorsa_n lie_v crulinga_n 7._o mile_n of_o length_n and_o two_o of_o breadth_n there_o be_v a_o sure_a haven_n in_o it_o for_o ship_n there_o be_v in_o it_o also_o wood_n full_a of_o buck_n and_o dear_a half_n a_o mile_n from_o crulinga_n be_v rona_n 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entry_n of_o lochbrie●…_n and_o from_o they_o north_n lie_v harry_n and_o lewis_n 16._o mile_n of_o length_n and_o 16._o of_o breadth_n lewis_n these_o 3._o make_v a_o island_n which_o be_v not_o divide_v by_o any_o haven_n 〈◊〉_d port_n of_o the_o sea_n but_o by_o the_o several_a lordship_n of_o the_o heritor_n thereof_o the_o south_n part_n be_v name_v haray_n in_o it_o sometime_o be_v the_o abbey_n roadilla_n build_v by_o maccleude_a har●…is_n a_o country_n fertile_a enough_o in_o corn_n and_o good_a pastorage_n with_o a_o high_a hill_n overcover_v with_o grass_n to_o the_o very_a top_n many_o sheep_n be_v see_v feed_n there_o masterless_a pertain_v peculiar_o to_o no_o man_n for_o there_o be_v neither_o wolf_n fox_n or_o serpent_n see_v there_o albeit_o betwixt_o that_o and_o lewis_n there_o be_v great_a wood_n full_a of_o dear_a in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o island_n be_v a_o water_n well_o store_v of_o salmond_n and_o other_o fish_n upon_o the_o north-side_n it_o be_v well_o 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