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_v	comedy_n	servant_n	2,804	5	7.7353	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59410	The amorous bigotte with the second part of Tegue O Divelly : a comedy ... / written by Tho. Shadwell ...; Amorous bigotte	Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?-1692.	1690 (1690)	Wing S2835; ESTC R18410	51,084	60

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