Selected quad for the lemma: majesty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
majesty_n	call_v	captain_n	master_n	4,434	5	10.4502	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96278	Englands Iliads in a nut-shell. Or, A briefe chronologie of the battails, sieges, conflicts, and other most remarkable passages from the beginning of this rebellion, to the 25. of March, 1645.	Wharton, George, Sir, 1596-1672.	1645 (1645)	Wing W1544; Thomason E1182_3; ESTC R208159	28,009	48

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