Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	great_a	king_n	part_n	6,751	5	4.1978	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07254	An historicall and true discourse, of a voyage made by the Admirall Cornelis Matelife the yonger, into the East Indies, who departed out of Holland, in May 1605 With the besieging of Malacca, and the battaile by him fought at sea against the Portugales in the Indies, with other discourses. Translated out of the Dutch, according to the coppie printed at Rotterdam.		1608 (1608)	STC 17651; ESTC S119993	12,971	28

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i_o write_v unto_o your_o worship_n in_o january_n last_o from_o the_o island_n mauritio_n by_o the_o admiral_n steven_n vander_n haghen_n from_o whence_o we_o depart_v the_o 27._o of_o january_n and_o fear_v the_o passage_n of_o those_o shallow_a place_n we_o cause_v our_o pinnasses_n or_o small_a boat_n to_o sail_v before_o and_o in_o the_o night_n time_n to_o hang_v out_o lantern_n by_o which_o mean_n we_o get_v over_o the_o flat_n of_o nazare_n over_o the_o north_n point_v call_v haya_n de_fw-fr malsa_n and_o perodes_n banhos_n and_o make_v towards_o chagros_n but_o can_v not_o get_v thither_o by_o the_o north_n and_o therefore_o take_v our_o course_n southerly_a and_o find_v no_o ground_n from_o thence_o we_o pass_v between_o pulo_n malueo_fw-la and_o the_o maldive_n but_o see_v no_o land_n until_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o of_o march_n yet_o we_o espy_v the_o island_n of_o sumatra_n which_o be_v the_o point_n of_o achin_n but_o can_v not_o reach_v it_o the_o 28._o of_o january_n 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profit_n they_o be_v to_o expect_v from_o thence_o together_o with_o the_o small_a peril_n which_o they_o have_v to_o incur_v say_v that_o i_o will_v send_v they_o to_o no_o other_o place_n but_o where_o i_o will_v hazard_v my_o own_o life_n with_o they_o promise_v they_o that_o if_o they_o chance_v to_o win_v the_o town_n by_o force_n of_o assault_n they_o shall_v have_v the_o ransack_v thereof_o and_o if_o that_o they_o get_v it_o by_o treaty_n and_o composition_n they_o shall_v likewise_o have_v that_o they_o find_v therein_o reserve_v some_o part_n thereof_o to_o fortify_v the_o town_n withal_o wherewith_o they_o be_v much_o encourage_v and_o resolute_o with_o one_o voice_n cry_v out_o and_o say_v that_o they_o be_v full_o resolve_v to_o win_v the_o town_n and_o with_o that_o resolution_n we_o sail_v through_o the_o strait_n and_o upon_o the_o last_o of_o april_n arrive_v within_o half_a a_o mile_n of_o malacca_n with_o the_o loss_n of_o two_o man_n only_o that_o die_v by_o the_o 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where_o they_o defend_v themselves_o till_o mid_a night_n and_o then_o set_v they_o on_o fire_n and_o break_v the_o bridge_n run_v into_o the_o town_n in_o my_o advice_n send_v unto_o the_o commissary_n i_o have_v declare_v what_o i_o have_v do_v before_o malacca_n until_o the_o eight_o of_o august_n and_o what_o small_a aid_n and_o assistance_n we_o have_v receive_v from_o the_o ihorite_n with_o the_o disorder_n and_o mutiny_n of_o our_o people_n the_o strength_n of_o the_o town_n their_o sally_n out_o against_o we_o and_o how_o they_o have_v with_o credit_n be_v drive_v back_o again_o by_o we_o etc._n etc._n at_o such_o time_n as_o we_o intend_v to_o remove_v our_o siege_n in_o regard_n that_o the_o portugese_n armado_n as_o then_o lie_v hard_o by_o capo_n rachado_n which_o be_v about_o twelve_o mile_n from_o malacca_n they_o of_o malacca_n think_v very_o either_o to_o spoil_v we_o or_o to_o hinder_v our_o pretence_n they_o of_o malleyc_a be_v all_o go_v aboard_o except_o a_o 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4._o galley_n and_o 15._o or_o 16._o fuste_n or_o frigate_n and_o two_o or_o three_o galleon_n come_v two_o or_o three_o day_n after_o unto_o their_o fleet_n that_o evening_n we_o shoot_v against_o they_o and_o chase_v they_o but_o in_o the_o night_n they_o put_v on_o more_o sail_n and_o we_o follow_v after_o they_o all_o the_o next_o day_n hold_v our_o course_n northerly_a the_o next_o night_n follow_v i_o lay_v i_o down_o to_o sleep_v for_o i_o have_v take_v no_o rest_n in_o three_o day_n and_o three_o night_n before_o be_v much_o busy_v about_o our_o ordinance_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n dyrick_n moll_n master_n of_o my_o ship_n come_v unto_o i_o show_v i_o that_o the_o