Selected quad for the lemma: majesty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
majesty_n	act_n	concern_v	parliament_n	3,117	5	6.6214	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70626	To the Honourable the Commons of England in Parliament assembled is humbly represented to you a short view, or abstract of several letters, which I happened to look o'er, some time since, which letters were sent from John Dutton Colt Esq., late collector of His Majesty's customs of this part of Bristol, directed to Daniel Ballard his clerk, then manager of that revenue in his absence.	Colt, John Dutton.; Ballard, Daniel.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1700 (1700)	Wing M27C; ESTC R227736	1,956	1

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