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	king_n	parliament_n	12,015	5	6.7989	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63518	The True Englishman's choice of Parliament-men in answer to a paper intituled, The danger of mercenary Parliaments : with short observations what persons ought chiefly to be avoided in elections.		1698 (1698)	Wing T2698; ESTC R12416	6,500	15

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