Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	day_n	people_n	see_v	12,123	5	3.4423	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34073	A letter to a bishop concerning the present settlement and the new oaths	Comber, Thomas, 1645-1699.; Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.	1689 (1689)	Wing C5476; ESTC R26622	23,004	40

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command_n and_o in_o give_v i_o this_o further_a opportunity_n of_o assure_v your_o lordship_n how_o much_o i_o be_o my_o lord_n your_o lordship_n be_v most_o obedient_a and_o most_o humble_a servant_n t●on_fw-fr est_fw-fr rex_fw-la ubi_fw-la dominatur_fw-la voluntas_fw-la &_o non_fw-la lex_fw-la bracton_n ☞_o see_v the_o law_n of_o k._n edw._n the_o confessor_n sect_n 17._o rex_fw-la autem_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la constitutus_fw-la ●t_a regnum_fw-la terrenum_fw-la &_o populum_fw-la domini_fw-la &_o regat_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la injuriosis_n defendat_fw-la quod_fw-la nisi_fw-la fecerit_fw-la nec_fw-la nomen_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la constabit_fw-la coke_n institutes_n part_v 3._o ch_n 1._o of_o high-treason_n high-treason_n praelectio_fw-la 5ta_fw-la de_fw-la oblige_v conscientiae_fw-la xvi_o p._n 176._o 176._o 2_o chron._n 36._o 13._o rom._n 13_o 1_o 2._o 1_o tim._n 2._o 1_o 2._o