Selected quad for the lemma: majesty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
majesty_n	earl_n	edward_n	sir_n	3,568	5	6.6911	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09195	The compleat gentleman fashioning him absolute in the most necessary & commendable qualities concerning minde or bodie that may be required in a noble gentleman. By Henry Peacham, Mr. of Arts sometime of Trinity Coll: in Cambridge.	Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?; Delaram, Francis, 1589 or 90-1627, engraver.	1622 (1622)	STC 19502; ESTC S114333	134,242	209

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