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	london_n	sir_n	15,340	5	6.1424	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43699	A sermon preach'd before the Right Honourable the lord mayor and court of aldermen at the Guild-hall chapel, Nov. 21, 1686 by Charles Hickman.	Hickman, Charles, 1648-1713.	1687 (1687)	Wing H1897; ESTC R27428	12,624	30

peake_n mayor_n martis_n septimo_fw-la die_fw-la decembris_fw-la 1686._o annóque_fw-la regni_fw-la regis_fw-la jacobi_n secundi_fw-la angliáe_fw-la etc._n etc._n secundo_fw-la this_o court_n do_v desire_n dr._n hickman_n to_o print_v his_o sermon_n preach_v at_o the_o guildhall_n chapel_n on_o sunday_n the_o 21_o of_o november_n last_o before_o the_o lord_n mayor_n and_o alderman_n wagstaffe_n imprimatur_fw-la jan._n 13._o 1686._o hen._n maurice_n reverendissimo_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la p._n d._n wilhelmo_n archiep._n cant._n à_fw-la sacris_fw-la a_o sermon_n preach_v before_o the_o right_n honourable_a the_o lord_n mayor_n and_o court_n of_o alderman_n at_o the_o guild-hall_n chapel_n nou._n 21._o 1686._o by_o charles_n hickman_n d._n d._n stud._n of_o christ-church_n oxon._n and_o chaplain_n to_o the_o right_n honourable_a laurence_n earl_n of_o rochester_n london_n print_v by_o m._n flesher_n for_o charles_n brome_n at_o the_o gun_n at_o the_o west-end_n of_o saint_n paul_n 1687._o to_o the_o right_n honourable_a sir_n john_n peake_n lord_z mayor_z and_z the_o court_z of_o aldermen_z of_o the_o city_n of_o london_n my_o lord_n i_o must_v neither_o question_v your_o lordship_n judgement_n nor_o dispute_v your_o command_n and_o that_o be_v the_o only_a apology_n i_o can_v make_v for_o publish_v this_o discourse_n but_o how_o far_o it_o may_v avail_v i_o depend_v pure_o upon_o the_o good_a nature_n of_o my_o reader_n who_o may_v i_o confess_v easy_o return_v that_o blame_n upon_o myself_o which_o i_o here_o endeavour_v to_o transfer_v upon_o your_o lordship_n for_o the_o pretend_a modesty_n of_o good_a writer_n have_v so_o anticipate_v all_o plea_n which_o can_v be_v offer_v by_o the_o bad_a to_o palliate_v their_o imperfection_n that_o we_o have_v not_o so_o much_o as_o a_o fig-leaf_n leave_v to_o cover_v our_o real_a shame_n but_o what_o they_o by_o unnecessary_a and_o frequent_a use_v have_v render_v transparent_a and_o ineffectual_a and_o therefore_o this_o 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