Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	earl_n	honourable_a	majesty_n	11,463	5	6.3362	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25800	The speech of the Earl of Argyle at his trial on the 12th of December, 1681	Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Earl of, 1629-1685.	1682 (1682)	Wing A3678; ESTC R9109	2,824	2

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i_o have_v from_o my_o youth_n make_v it_o my_o business_n to_o serve_v his_o majesty_n faithful_o and_o have_v constant_o to_o my_o power_n appear_v in_o his_o service_n especial_o in_o all_o time_n of_o difficulty_n and_o have_v never_o join_v nor_o comply_v with_o any_o interest_n or_o party_n contrary_a to_o his_o majesty_n authority_n but_o have_v all_o along_o serve_v he_o in_o his_o own_o way_n without_o a_o frown_n from_o his_o majesty_n these_o thirty_o year_n as_o soon_o as_o i_o pass_v the_o school_n and_o college_n i_o go_v to_o travel_v to_o france_n and_o italy_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o year_n 1647_o and_o continue_v abroad_o till_o the_o end_n of_o the_o year_n 1649._o my_o first_o appearance_n in_o the_o world_n be_v to_o serve_v his_o majesty_n as_o colonel_n of_o his_o footguard_n and_o though_o at_o that_o time_n all_o the_o commission_n be_v give_v by_o the_o then_o parliament_n yet_o i_o will_v not_o serve_v without_o a_o commission_n from_o his_o majesty_n 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