Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	hold_v	king_n	tenure_n	3,330	5	12.6135	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78243	The case of the Commission of Array stated.		1642 (1642)	Wing C1043; Thomason E123_18; ESTC R2127	3,243	7

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erectus_fw-la est_fw-la with_o which_o agree_v the_o mirror_n of_o justice_n pa._n 8._o in_o the_o new_a print_n estreint_a de_fw-fr eux_fw-fr un_fw-fr roy_fw-fr a_o regner_n sur_fw-fr eux_fw-fr &_o governor_n le_fw-fr peuple_fw-fr de_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr &_o a_o maintainer_n &_o defender_n les_fw-fr person_n &_o les_fw-fr biens_fw-fr en_fw-fr quiet_a per_fw-la les_fw-fr rule_n de_fw-fr droit_fw-fr the_o king_n for_o his_o assistance_n herein_o that_o he_o may_v the_o better_o enable_v himself_o to_o defend_v his_o subject_n grant_v land_n to_o man_n of_o eminency_n to_o be_v hold_v of_o he_o by_o knight_n service_n to_o some_o by_o esenage_n to_o other_o by_o castle_n guard_n and_o the_o like_a as_o he_o think_v sit_v some_o of_o these_o hold_v their_o land_n by_o one_o knight_n see_v some_o by_o two_o knight_n fee_n other_o by_o three_o some_o by_o the_o four_o some_o by_o the_o hundred_o pair_v of_o a_o knight_n see_v according_a to_o the_o value_n and_o quantity_n of_o such_o land_n 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