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	ship_n	7,494	5	11.1482	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38939	An exact narrative of the tryals of the pyrates and all the proceedings at the late goal-delivery of the Admiralty held in the Old-Bayly on Thursday and Saturday the 7th and 9th of Jan. 1644/45, where eight persons were condemned to die ...		1670 (1670)	Wing E3669; ESTC R22511	3,981	8

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