Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	writ_n	year_n	york_n	25	3	8.5550	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

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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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 the_o parliament_n to_o winchester_n not_o spare_v their_o horse_n side_n and_o set_v spy_n upon_o hill_n and_o tower_n to_o observe_v whether_o the_o baron_n pursue_v they_o who_o hear_v of_o their_o flight_n command_v all_o their_o follower_n to_o arm_v themselves_o and_o dissolve_v the_o parliament_n without_o adjourn_v it_o to_o any_o certain_a day_n 222._o pursue_v they_o to_o winchester_n where_o the_o king_n and_o noble_n hold_v another_o parliament_n the_o poictovine_n judidium_fw-la expectare_fw-la nolentes_fw-la nec_fw-la ausi_fw-la exhibitionem_fw-la justitiae_fw-la quae_fw-la singulis_fw-la secundum_fw-la juramentum_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o procerum_fw-la debebatur_fw-la expestare_fw-la be_v the_o sole_a judge_n of_o they_o in_o parliam_fw-la for_o their_o exorbitant_a offence_n they_o present_o flee_v out_o of_o the_o realm_n beyond_o the_o sea_n to_o avoid_v their_o sentence_n hereupon_o 945._o significatum_fw-la est_fw-la literatorie_n ad_fw-la multos_fw-la etiam_fw-la 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