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	servant_n	theatre_n	2,674	5	12.8313	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55546	The treacherous brothers a tragedy, as it is acted by Their Majesty's servants at the Theatre-royal / written by George Powell.	Powell, George, 1658?-1714.; Bayly, Thomas, d. 1657? Herba parietis.	1690 (1690)	Wing P3056; ESTC R37128	43,463	71

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