Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	word_n	writ_n	write_v	231	3	5.8059	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56189	A plea for the Lords, and House of Peers, or, A full, necessary, seasonable enlarged vindication of the just, antient hereditary right of the earls, lords, peers, and barons of this realm to sit, vote, judge, in all the parliaments of England wherein their right of session, and sole power of judicature without the Commons as peers ... / by William Prynne.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1659 (1659)	Wing P4035; ESTC R33925	413,000	574

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de_fw-la assensu_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la comitatus_fw-la eligisti_fw-la nos_fw-la advertentes_fw-la quod_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la baronetti_n ante_fw-la haec_fw-la tempora_fw-la in_o milites_fw-la comitatus_fw-la ratione_fw-la alicujus_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la elegi_fw-la minime_fw-la consueverunt_fw-la ipsum_fw-la de_fw-la officio_fw-la militis_fw-la ad_fw-la dictum_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la pro_fw-la communitate_fw-la comitatus_fw-la praedicti_fw-la venturi_fw-la exonerari_fw-la volumus_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la tibi_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la quod_fw-la quendam_fw-la a●ium_fw-la misi_fw-la they_o idoneum_fw-la et_fw-la discretum_fw-la gladio_fw-la cinctum_fw-la in_fw-la loco_fw-la ipsius_fw-la thomae_fw-la elegi_fw-la et_fw-la eum_fw-la ad_fw-la diem_fw-la et_fw-la locum_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la praedicti_fw-la venire_fw-la facias_fw-la cum_fw-la plena_fw-la et_fw-la sufficienti_fw-la potestate_fw-la ad_fw-la consentiendum_fw-la hiis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la praedicto_fw-la sicut_fw-la juxta_fw-la renorem_fw-la prioris_fw-la brevis_fw-la nostri_fw-la tibi_fw-la pro_fw-la electione_n hujusmodi_fw-la militum_fw-la directi_fw-la et_fw-la nomen_fw-la ejus_fw-la nobis_fw-la sciri_n facias_fw-la testae_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la octavo_fw-la die_fw-la octobris_fw-la 7_o both_o house_n of_o parliament_n in_o their_o 724._o remonstrance_n of_o nou._n 2._o 1642._o declare_v and_o publish_v in_o print_n to_o all_o the_o world_n this_o to_o be_v so_o clear_a and_o fundamental_a a_o privilege_n of_o parliament_n that_o no_o member_n of_o either_o house_n of_o parliament_n be_v to_o be_v take_v away_o or_o detain_v from_o the_o service_n of_o the_o house_n whereof_o he_o be_v a_o member_n until_o such_o time_n as_o that_o house_n have_v satisfaction_n concern_v the_o cause_n and_o the_o cause_n be_v hear_v in_o parliament_n first_o and_o dismiss_v from_o it_o that_o the_o whole_a freedom_n of_o parliament_n depend_v upon_o it_o for_o who_o see_v not_o that_o by_o this_o mean_n under_o false_a pretence_n of_o crime_n and_o accusation_n such_o or_o so_o many_o member_n of_o both_o or_o either_o house_n of_o parliament_n may_v be_v take_v out_o of_o it_o at_o any_o time_n by_o any_o person_n to_o serve_v a_o turn_n and_o to_o make_v a_o major_a part_n of_o who_o they_o will_v at_o pleasure_n so_o as_o the_o freedom_n of_o parliament_n depend_v in_o a_o great_a part_n on_o this_o privilege_n yea_o without_o it_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o parliament_n will_v be_v destroy_v by_o deprive_v it_o of_o its_o member_n by_o degree_n some_o at_o one_o time_n and_o other_o at_o another_o time_n as_o both_o house_n further_o remonstrate_v in_o their_o 654.655_o declaration_n of_o october_n 23._o 1642._o which_o as_o it_o infallible_o demonstrate_v that_o the_o lord_n house_n or_o member_n can_v be_v take_v away_o or_o take_v from_o they_o against_o their_o will_n without_o the_o destruction_n subversion_n of_o the_o whole_a 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ill_a counsellor_n about_o he_o neglect_v hate_v banish_v his_o own_o noble_n and_o natural_a subject_n as_o traitor_n without_o any_o just_a cause_n or_o legal_a trial_n and_o subvert_v confound_v their_o law_n liberty_n justice_n etc._n etc._n 2_o to_o manifest_v the_o proceed_n impeachment_n in_o these_o parliament_n against_o the_o earl_n and_o noble_n refuse_v to_o appear_v at_o these_o parliament_n upon_o the_o king_n these_o successive_a writ_n of_o summons_n his_o outlaw_v they_o of_o high_a treason_n and_o spoil_v burn_a seize_v their_o house_n land_n thereupon_o be_v adjudge_v by_o the_o lord_n in_o parliament_n to_o be_v illegal_a and_o afterward_o reverse_v as_o unjust_a and_o against_o the_o law_n claus_n 18._o h._n 3._o m._n 19_o 3ly_n to_o manifest_v that_o the_o lord_n in_o parliament_n will_v not_o act_v any_o thing_n in_o the_o absence_n of_o these_o eminent_a lord_n refuse_v to_o appear_v 4_o to_o evidence_n the_o sentence_n and_o justice_n of_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n against_o these_o ill_a counsellor_n alien_n and_o traitor_n to_o the_o public_a who_o they_o cause_v to_o be_v remove_v from_o the_o king_n court_n kingdom_n put_v from_o their_o public_a trust_n and_o office_n call_v to_o a_o account_n public_o arraign_v before_o the_o king_n himself_o and_o his_o justice_n by_o who_o they_o be_v imprison_v their_o land_n confiscate_v and_o better_a counsellor_n of_o state_n and_o judge_n put_v into_o their_o place_n 1531_o anno_fw-la 1240._o accusatus_fw-la est_fw-la graviter_fw-la comes_fw-la cantiae_fw-la hubertus_n de_fw-fr burgo_n coram_fw-la rege_fw-la et_fw-la curia_fw-la tota_n london_n ubi_fw-la post_fw-la mult●s_fw-la disceptationes_fw-la ut_fw-la ira●undia_fw-la regis_fw-la quae_fw-la immoderate_a nimis_fw-la con●●●_n ipsum_fw-la excanduerat_fw-la quiesceret_fw-la adjudica●um_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la quatuor_fw-la castra_n sua_fw-la charissima_fw-la scilicet_fw-la blancum_fw-la castrum_n grosmunt_fw-la scenefrithz_n &_o haetfeild_n domino_fw-la regi●_n resignaret_fw-la ut_fw-la cetera_fw-la sibi_fw-la cum_fw-la regis_fw-la benevolentia_fw-la in_o pace_fw-la remanerent_fw-la 938._o anno_fw-la 1258._o the_o noble_n complain_v in_o parliamnnt_n of_o the_o king_n advance_v his_o half_a brother_n who_o be_v alien_n sway_v all_o thing_n and_o impoverish_v the_o realm_n and_o of_o their_o intolerable_a pride_n insolency_n and_o injury_n and_o the_o earl_n of_o leicester_n particular_o complain_v to_o the_o parliament_n of_o william_n de_fw-fr valentia_n non_o tamin_z regi_fw-la sed_fw-la universitati_fw-la praecordialiter_fw-la est_fw-la conquestus_fw-la exigens_fw-la instanter_fw-la sibi_fw-la justitiam_fw-la adhiberi_fw-la the_o 278._o same_o year_n the_o great_a man_n and_o noble_n of_o the_o land_n videntes_fw-la regnum_fw-la undique_fw-la desolatum_fw-la tum_fw-la exactionibus_fw-la &_o tallagiis_fw-la tam_fw-la curiae_fw-la romanae_fw-la quam_fw-la regis_fw-la quam_fw-la etiam_fw-la alienigenarum_fw-la &_o 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poictovine_n may_v surrender_v up_o all_o the_o castle_n they_o hold_v in_o england_n into_o the_o king_n hand_n whereupon_o they_o peremptory_o swear_v by_o the_o passion_n and_o wound_n of_o christ_n that_o they_o will_v never_o do_v it_o while_o they_o breathe_v whereupon_o the_o earl_n of_o leicester_n say_v to_o william_n of_o vairencia_n the_o most_o insolent_a of_o they_o all_o that_o he_o shall_v either_o surrender_v up_o the_o castle_n he_o hold_v of_o the_o king_n without_o delay_n well_fw-mi caput_fw-la amitteret_fw-la on_o he_o shall_v lose_v his_o head_n similiter_fw-la alii_fw-la comites_fw-la et_fw-la barones_n dicebant_fw-la etiam_fw-la constructissime_fw-la assertione_fw-la consistentes_fw-la the_o poictovine_n be_v very_o much_o terrify_v with_o these_o word_n not_o know_v what_o to_o do_v and_o fear_v to_o fly_v to_o any_o castle_n lest_o they_o shall_v there_o be_v besiege_v and_o soon_o take_v or_o starve_v by_o the_o lord_n flee_v secret_o and_o speedy_o from_o 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exod._n 40._o numb_a 1_o &_o 3_o &_o 4._o 1_o chron._n c._n 23._o c._n 25.25_o &_o 26._o numb_a 25.13_o heb._n 5.4_o 5.4_o mar._n ●_o ●_o isa_n 61_o 1._o c._n 65.1_o jo●_a 20_o 21._o heb._n 5.4_o 5._o 5._o mar._n 10._o lu._n 9.10_o mar._n 28.19_o 20._o john_n 20.21_o 1_o cor._n 1.17_o gal_n 1_o 1._o act_n 8._o ●_o 14_o 15._o 15._o case_n polit_n l._n 3._o c._n 2._o bodin_n de_fw-fr repub_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 2_o 3._o joan._n mariana_n de_fw-fr rege_fw-la &_o regum_fw-la instit_n l._n 1_o c._n 3_o 4._o 4._o see_v m._n selden'_v title_n of_o honor._n honor._n see_v mar._n 2.2_o rom._n 13.1.2_o exod._n 18.25_o 26._o num._n 1.4_o to_o 20._o c._n 7.2_o c._n 10.4_o c._n 23.6_o c._n 27.2_o c._n 32.2_o josh_n 9.15.19_o 1_o sam._n 23.3_o 4.9_o 2_o sam._n 10.3_o 1_o chron._n 13.1_o etc._n etc._n c._n 23.2_o c._n 28.1_o 2_o chro._n 1_o 2_o 3._o c._n 5.3_o 4._o c._n 23.1_o etc._n etc._n 20._o c._n 29_o 30._o c._n 30.1_o 2_o etc._n etc._n c._n 32.3_o c._n 34.29_o 34.29_o arist_n polit._n l._n 1._o 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to_o the_o end_n 2_o sam_n 21.1_o to_o 15._o gen._n 50.25_o c._n 13.19_o josh_n 24_o 32._o 1_o sam._n 20.42_o 2_o sam._n 21.7_o 21.7_o see_v m._n edward_n his_o gangraena_fw-la part_n 3._o p._n 142._o to_o 162._o 162._o lambardi_n archaion_n bromton_n spelman_n spelman_n hist_o c._n 1._o 1._o in_o august_n 1647._o &_o sundry_a month_n follow_v much_o more_o than_o since_o most_o of_o they_o secure_v and_o seclude_v by_o the_o army_n in_o decem._n 1648._o &_o ever_o since_o together_o with_o the_o whole_a house_n of_o lord_n lord_n 31_o h._n 8._o c._n 10._o see_v mr._n selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n cassanaeus_n catalogus_fw-la gloriae_fw-la mundi_fw-la alanso_n lopez_n in_o nobiliario_n and_o other_o who_o write_v of_o nobility_n cambd._n britan._n of_o the_o nobility_n and_o court_n of_o justice_n in_o england_n and_o the_o text_n of_o scripture_n p._n 6._o 6._o 8_o h._n 6._o c._n 7._o 10_o h._n 6._o c._n 2._o 32_o h._n 6._o c._n 15._o cromptons_n jurisd_v p._n 1_o 2.3_o cook_n 4_o instit_n c._n 1._o 1._o cook_n 4_o instit_n c._n 1._o p_o 1.10_o modus_fw-la tenendi_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la cromptons_n jurisdiction_n of_o court_n tit_n parliament_n mr._n selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n par_fw-fr 2._o c._n 5._o see_v the_o abridgement_n of_o the_o record_n of_o the_o tower_n tower_n 33_o h._n 6.16_o br._n parliam_fw-la 4._o 39_o e._n 3.7.35_o 11_o h._n 7.27_o br._n parl._n 107._o 4_o h._n 7.18_o 7_o h._n 7.14_o cromptons_n jurisd_v f._n 9_o cook_n 4_o instit_n p._n 15.35_o fortesc_n f._n 20._o dyer_n 92._o judge_v hutton_n argument_n of_o mr._n hamdens_n case_n p._n 22_o 23._o 23._o mr._n selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n part_v 2._o ch_z 5._o p._n 717._o 717._o 4_o instit_n p._n 12._o 12._o spelman_n council_n p._n 194._o 194._o spelman_n ibid._n p._n 219._o 219._o spelman_n p._n 318._o 318._o hist_o p._n 870_o 870_o 1_o instit_n f._n 168._o 168._o title_n of_o honour_n part_v 2_o c._n 5._o sec_fw-la 3._o p_o 614_o ●15_n etc._n etc._n etc._n title_n of_o honour_n part_v 2_o c._n 5._o sec_fw-la 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o 5._o glossarium_fw-la do_fw-mi comites_fw-la &_o comitatus_fw-la comitatus_fw-la truth_n triumph_v over_o falsehood_n a_o historical_a collection_n of_o the_o great_a council_n and_o parliament_n of_o england_n 2_o &_o 3_o part_n of_o a_o legal_a and_o historical_a vindication_n etc._n etc._n etc._n king_n john_n magna_fw-la charta_fw-la in_o mat._n paris_n p._n 247._o 247._o proem_n &_o ch_z 2_o 14.1●.37.38_n 14.1●.37.38_n mar._n paris_n an._n 1255_o p._n 884_o 885._o daniel_n p._n 172._o 172._o mr._n st._n john_n speech_n concern_v shipmoney_n p._n 33._o 1_o h._n 4._o n._n 21.22_o 25_o 30._o 30._o chron._n p._n 389_o 390._o 390._o a_o exact_a collection_n part_n 1._o p._n 36._o to_o 56._o 5._o 5._o see_v cook_n 4_o instit_n p._n 12._o for_o the_o antiquity_n &_o for_o the_o authority_n of_o this_o treatise_n which_o in_o truth_n be_v mere_o spurious_a see_v selden_n title_n of_o honour_n p._n 613.738_o to_o 743._o 743._o an._n 1132._o 1132._o an._n 1134._o p._n 400._o 400._o his_o catalogue_n of_o bishop_n of_o carlisle_n carlisle_n graftons_n &_o stow_n catalogue_n of_o the_o major_n of_o london_n london_n graftons_n chroh_fw-la p._n 348.350_o 348.350_o that_o in_o the_o modus_fw-la tenendi_fw-la parl._n touch_v the_o king_n absence_n from_o the_o parliament_n be_v ground_v on_o this_o passage_n therefore_o write_v after_o after_o mat._n paris_n p._n 96_o 67._o mat._n westm_n a_o 1164_o hoved._n annal_a pars_fw-la poster_n p._n 499._o chron._n gervasii_n col_fw-fr 1385_o 1386._o antiq._n eccles_n brit._n p._n 122._o radulf_n de_fw-fr dicero_n imagine_v hist_o col_fw-fr 536._o fabian_z holinsh_v grafton_n speed_n daniel_n daniel_n chronica_fw-la gervasii_fw-la col_fw-fr 1433._o 1433._o annal._n pars_fw-la posterior_n p._n 518._o 518._o roger_n de_fw-fr hoveden_n annal_n pars_fw-la post_fw-la p._n 544._o 544._o hoveden_n p._n 546._o antiq._n ecclesias_fw-la brit._n p._n 94_o 95._o 95._o hoveden_n annal._n pars_fw-la post_fw-la p._n 548._o 548._o hoveden_n p._n 551._o 551._o hoveden_n annal_a pars_fw-la poster_n p._n 561._o to_o 566._o mat._n paris_n p._n 127._o 127._o hoveden_n p._n 560._o 560._o chronica_fw-la gervasii_fw-la col_fw-fr 1522._o hoveden_n p._n 642._o 642._o hoveden_n p._n 641.556.653_o 641.556.653_o annal._n p._n 643._o 643._o ch._n 1._o sect._n 2._o p._n 8_o 9_o 9_o ch._n 3._o sect._n 3_o 3_o but_o no_o commons_o of_o which_o he_o speak_v not_o a_o word_n they_o have_v then_o no_o be_v or_o place_n in_o they_o they_o m._n st._n john_n argument_n at_o law_n at_o strafford_n attainder_n daltons_n office_n of_o sheriff_n sheriff_n therefore_o their_o exclusion_n thence_o be_v exit_fw-la abysso_fw-la nequiti●_n from_o the_o abyss_n of_o injustice_n and_o iniquity_n iniquity_n nota._n nota._n judge_v hutton_n argument_n of_o mr._n hampdens_n case_n p._n 32_o 33._o daltons_n office_n of_o sheriff_n mr._n st._n john_n argument_n at_o law_n at_o strafford_n attainder_n publish_v by_o the_o commons_o special_a order_n in_o which_o he_o at_o large_a assert_n the_o king_n and_o lord_n undoubted_a right_n to_o sit_v and_o judge_v in_o parliament_n and_o that_o it_o be_v high_a treason_n to_o exclude_v they_o by_o force_n of_o arms._n arms._n 33_o h._n 6.17_o brooke_n parliament_n 4_o cromptons_n jurisdiction_n of_o court_n f._n 8._o mr._n hackwel_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o pass_a bll_n in_o parliament_n parliament_n clause_n 49_o h._n 3._o m._n 10._o dor_n in_o schedule_n cromptons_n jurisdiction_n of_o court_n f._n 1._o 1._o instit_n 4._o p._n 10._o this_o be_v their_o only_a end_n and_o trust_v &_o none_o other_o as_o the_o writ_n and_o its_o retorn_a attest_v not_o to_o imprison_v destroy_v the_o king_n realm_n church_n and_o parliament_n of_o england_n itself_o and_o those_o very_a city_n burrough_n which_o elect_v they_o under_o pretext_n of_o a_o new_a government_n and_o more_o equal_a representative_a the_o very_a jesuit_n plot_n and_o leveller_n design_n design_n clause_n 4_o e._n 3._o m._n 41.32.27.19_o dor_n 5._o e._n 3._o part_n 1._o m._n 25.7_o 6_o e._n 3._o dor_n clau_n part_n 2._o m._n 36.4_o cromptons_n jurisdiction_n of_o court_n f._n 1._o 1._o see_v the_o freeholder_n grand_a inquest_n and_o my_o historical_a collection_n where_o this_o be_v large_o prove_v prove_v dyer_n 61_o 62._o cook_n 5._o report_n f._n 90_o 91_o 94.120_o 121.1_o rep._n f._n 111.173_o 19_o h._n 8_o 9_o br._n executor_n 3.15.11.7.12_o 3.15.11.7.12_o see_v my_o legal_a vindication_n against_o illegal_a tax_n p._n 3.4.44_o to_o 51._o and_o this_o lilburn_n himself_o express_o assert_n in_o part_n in_o his_o letter_n or_o epistle_n to_o the_o speaker_n mr._n lenthal_n june_n 8._o 1658._o p._n 34.39_o to_o 59_o 59_o cook_n 4._o instit_n c._n 1_o 1_o see_v my_o irenarch_n redivivus_fw-la redivivus_fw-la exact_a collection_n p._n 508._o