Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	king_n	lord_n	tenement_n	1,511	5	10.6520	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34407	A seasonable treatise wherein is proved that King William (commonly call'd the Conqueror) did not get the imperial crown of England by the sword, but by the election and consent of the people to whom he swore to observe the original contract between king and people.	Cooke, Edward, of the Middle Temple.	1689 (1689)	Wing C6001; ESTC R7506	61,016	185

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king_n edward_n time_n and_o do_v not_o derive_v under_o king_n william_n title_n have_v now_o give_v you_o these_o six_o individual_n i_o shall_v offer_v you_o three_o more_o and_o they_o be_v from_o the_o charter_n of_o king_n william_n the_o one_o to_o the_o dean_n of_o st._n paul_n confirm_v to_o he_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n belong_v to_o that_o church_n and_o this_o be_v upon_o the_o day_n of_o his_o coronation_n too_o the_o other_o be_v to_o the_o abbey_n of_o westminster_n and_o the_o three_o to_o the_o city_n of_o london_n grant_v to_o they_o the_o liberty_n and_o franchise_n which_o they_o enjoy_v in_o the_o time_n of_o edward_n the_o confessor_n to_o begin_v with_o that_o make_v to_o the_o dean_n of_o st._n paul_n 1._o ego_fw-la willielmus_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_n rex_fw-la 190._o carta_n regis_fw-la williel_n conquestor_n in_o appendice_fw-la in_o histor_n eccles_n cathedr_n s._n pauli_n by_o sir_n will._n dugdale_n fol._n 190._o anglorum_fw-la unà_fw-la cum_fw-la 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haeres_fw-la post_fw-la diem_fw-la patris_fw-la svi_fw-la et_fw-la ego_fw-la nolo_fw-la pati_fw-la quòd_fw-la aliquis_fw-la homo_fw-la aliquam_fw-la inju●iam_fw-la vobis_fw-la inferat_fw-la deus_fw-la vos_fw-la salvet_fw-la english_v in_o stow_n survey_n of_o london_n 740._o stow_n stow_n s_o survey_n of_o london_n fol._n 740._o thus_o william_n king_n great_a william_n bishop_n and_o godfrey_n porter_n and_o all_o the_o burgeis_n within_o london_n french_a and_o english_a and_o i_o grant_v you_o that_o i_o will_v that_o you_o be_v all_o your_o law_n worth_n that_o you_o be_v in_o edwardis_n day_n the_o king._n and_o i_o will_v that_o i_o child_n be_v his_o faders_n eyer_n and_o i_o nyl_v suffur_n that_o any_o man_n you_o any_o wrongys_n beed_n and_o god_n you_o keep_v now_o it_o be_v evident_a from_o this_o charter_n 1._o that_o it_o be_v make_v immediate_o upon_o or_o after_o the_o coronation_n of_o william_n because_o you_o see_v he_o style_v himself_o king._n 2._o this_o may_v 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descriptio_fw-la nobilissimae_fw-la civitatis_fw-la londoniae_n in_o stow_n stow_n s_o survey_n etc._n etc._n fol._n 704._o de_fw-la situ_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la reign_n of_o king_n stephen_n in_o his_o description_n of_o it_o have_v these_o word_n inter_fw-la nobiles_fw-la urbes_fw-la orbis_n quas_fw-la fama_fw-la celebrat_fw-la civitas_n londonia_n regni_fw-la anglorum_fw-la sedes_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la famam_fw-la svi_fw-la latiùs_fw-la diffundit_fw-la opes_fw-la &_o merces_fw-la longiùs_fw-la transmittit_fw-la caput_fw-la altius_fw-la extollit_fw-la foelix_fw-la est_fw-la aëris_fw-la salubritate_fw-la christianâ_fw-la religione_fw-la firmitate_fw-la munitionum_fw-la naturâ_fw-la sitûs_fw-la honore_fw-la civium_fw-la pudicitiâ_fw-la matronali_fw-la ludis_fw-la etiám_fw-la quàm_fw-la jucunda_fw-la &_o nobilium_fw-la foecunda_fw-la virorum_fw-la vrbs_fw-la ista_fw-la viris_fw-la est_fw-la honorata_fw-la armis_fw-la decorata_fw-la 705._o id._n fol._n 705._o multo_fw-la habitatore_fw-la populosa_fw-la ut_fw-la tempore_fw-la bellicae_fw-la cladis_fw-la sub_fw-la rege_fw-la stephano_n bello_fw-la apti_fw-la ex_fw-la e●_n exeuntes_fw-la ostentatui_fw-la haberentur_fw-la 20000_o armatorum_fw-la equitum_fw-la 60_o mille_fw-la peditum_fw-la aestimarentur_fw-la cives_fw-la londoniae_n ubicunque_fw-la locorum_fw-la prae_fw-la omnibus_fw-la aliis_fw-la civibus_fw-la ornatu_fw-la morum_fw-la vestium_fw-la &_o mensie_n locutione_n spectabiles_fw-la &_o noti_fw-la habentur_fw-la which_o in_o english_a be_v thus_o of_o all_o the_o celebrate_a city_n in_o the_o world_n this_o of_o london_n be_v the_o metropolis_n of_o england_n a_o city_n of_o a_o very_a extensive_a fame_n in_o its_o self_n but_o much_o more_o honourable_a by_o the_o native_a treasure_n and_o commodity_n which_o she_o export_v happy_a be_v she_o in_o the_o temperature_n of_o her_o climate_n in_o the_o soundness_n of_o her_o doctrine_n strength_n of_o her_o fort_n agreeableness_n of_o her_o situation_n in_o the_o credit_n and_o reputation_n of_o her_o citizen_n the_o unblemished_a chastity_n of_o the_o female_a sex_n innocent_o pleasant_a even_o in_o her_o recreation_n and_o honour_v with_o a_o numerous_a train_n of_o nobility_n the_o grandeur_n of_o this_o city_n chief_o consist_v in_o the_o properness_n and_o valour_n of_o her_o man_n in_o the_o bravery_n of_o her_o armour_n the_o multitude_n of_o her_o inhabitant_n so_o that_o in_o the_o fatal_a war_n in_o king_n stephen_n reign_n there_o appear_v on_o a_o muster_n 20000_o horse_n and_o 60000_o foot_n all_o arm_a soldier_n the_o citizen_n of_o london_n be_v know_v and_o esteem_v beyond_o all_o other_o person_n wheresoever_o they_o travel_v for_o their_o gentile_a deportment_n their_o good_a apparel_n their_o table_n and_o discourse_n so_o that_o we_o see_v from_o hence_o that_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n stephen_n who_o be_v nephew_n to_o king_n william_n the_o first_o from_o who_o death_n to_o king_n stephen_n reign_n there_o be_v not_o fifty_o year_n the_o city_n of_o london_n be_v very_o great_a and_o powerful_a but_o have_v the_o english_a citizen_n be_v all_o destroy_v and_o have_v all_o their_o estate_n and_o fortune_n be_v as_o be_v so_o positive_o affirm_v take_v away_o from_o they_o by_o william_n the_o first_o it_o have_v be_v impossible_a in_o so_o short_a a_o time_n for_o they_o to_o have_v rise_v again_o to_o that_o degree_n of_o fame_n and_o renown_n through_o all_o this_o part_n of_o the_o world_n as_o the_o historian_n who_o be_v a_o eye-witness_n of_o it_o so_o credible_o assure_v we_o my_o next_o design_n be_v to_o show_v you_o that_o from_o the_o general_n direction_n of_o the_o writ_n and_o charter_n in_o king_n william_n the_o first_o his_o time_n it_o be_v plain_o demonstrable_a that_o william_n the_o pretend_a conqueror_n do_v not_o divide_v all_o the_o land_n of_o england_n among_o his_o norman_a follower_n to_o hold_v of_o he_o 196._o dugdal_n hist_o of_o st._n paul_n in_o the_o appendix_n fol._n 196._o 1._o w._n ce_a great_a osmund_n bisceoþ_n of_o hearbyrig_n &_o rob._n of_o eli._n &_o piedres_n of_o valloniis_fw-la &_o ealle_fw-la his_o scirgerevan_fw-mi &_o his_o holdan_n frencisce_n &_o englisce_n frendlisce_fw-mi frendlisce_fw-mi id_fw-la est_fw-la 1._o w._n rex_fw-la saluto_n osmundum_n episcopum_fw-la french._n nota_fw-la here_o be_v english_a sheriff_n and_o other_o english_a officer_n as_o well_o as_o french._n saresburiensem_fw-la &_o robertum_fw-la de_fw-la ely_n &_o petrum_fw-la de_fw-la valoniis_fw-la omnesque_fw-la praefectos_fw-la suos_fw-la et_fw-la fideles_fw-la frances_n et_fw-fr anglos_n amicè_fw-la 2._o willem_n 1._o chart._n antiq._n 1._o ce_a great_a mine_n b'pe●_n &_o mind_n eorles_n &_o ealle_a mind_n degnes_fw-la freneisse_v &_o englisce_n willem_n great_a mine_n bishop_n and_o thanus_n here_o be_v engl._n thain_n thani_fw-la appellatione_fw-la viri_fw-la interdum_fw-la nobiles_fw-la interdum_fw-la liberae_fw-la conditionis_fw-la homines_fw-la interdum_fw-la magistratus_fw-la atque_fw-la saepenumero_fw-la ministri_fw-la notantur_fw-la gloss_n in_o fin_n lambard_n de_fw-fr pris_fw-fr angl._n leg_n fol._n 223._o col._n 1._o tic_o thanus_n mind_n eorles_n and_o ealle_a mind_n thegnes_fw-la freneisse_n and_o englisce_n 3._o w._n rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la o._n episcopo_fw-la 185._o monast_n angl._n vol._n 1._o foe_n 185._o sarisburiensi_fw-la et_fw-la l._n abbati_n glastoniensi_fw-la et_fw-la a_fw-la vicecomiti_fw-la omnibusque_fw-la baronibus_fw-la francigenis_n et_fw-la anglis_fw-la de_fw-fr sumerseta_n et_fw-fr de_fw-fr wiltunscire_fw-la salutem_fw-la 4._o willielmus_fw-la rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la ●_o id._n fol._n 397._o ●_o t._n eboraci_fw-la et_fw-la justiciariis_fw-la et_fw-la vicecomitibus_fw-la et_fw-la omnibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la &_o fidelibus_fw-la suis_fw-la francis_n et_fw-la anglis_fw-la de_fw-fr ebocacistire_fw-la et_fw-fr de_fw-fr carleoli_n salutem_fw-la 5._o 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suis_fw-la francis_n et_fw-la anglis_fw-la de_fw-fr everwicscire_fw-la salutem_fw-la 10._o henricus_fw-la rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la richardo_n n_o cart._n antiq._n n_o episcopo_fw-la london_n et_fw-fr vic'_fw-fr et_fw-fr praeposito_fw-la et_fw-la omnibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la et_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la suis_fw-la francis_n et_fw-la anglis_fw-la de_fw-fr london_n et_fw-fr middlesex_n salutem_fw-la 11._o henricus_fw-la rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la vic'_fw-la et_fw-la ibid._n id._n ibid._n baronibus_fw-la london_n 12._o henricus_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_n rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la 197._o dugdal_n hist_o of_o st._n paul_n in_o the_o appendix_n fol._n 197._o archiepiscopis_fw-la et_fw-la episcopis_fw-la et_fw-la comitibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la et_fw-la hugoni_n de_fw-fr boclande_n et_fw-la omnibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la &_o sidelibus_fw-la suis_fw-la francis_n et_fw-la anglis_fw-la de_fw-fr lundonia_n et_fw-fr de_fw-fr middlesexa_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la tota_fw-la anglia_fw-it salutem_fw-la by_o these_o 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