Selected quad for the lemma: majesty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
majesty_n	england_n	kingdom_n	subject_n	4,900	5	6.3212	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94497	To the honourable, the knights, citizens and burgesses of the Commons House in Parliament now assembled. The humble petition of the lay-Catholiques recusants of England.		1641 (1641)	Wing T1472; Thomason 669.f.4[23]; ESTC R205398	1,774	1

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