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	lord_n	privy_a	8,325	5	10.7359	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38315	Letter from the lords at Oxford, and other lords whose names are subscribed, to the Lords of the Privy-Councell and the conservators of the peace of the kingdom of Scotland	England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords.	1643 (1643)	Wing E2814; ESTC R32942	1,904	8

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