Selected quad for the lemma: majesty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
majesty_n	excellent_a	king_n	printer_n	5,735	5	10.5658	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27339	The countrey-mans rudiments, or, An advice to the farmers in East-Lothian, how to labour and improve their ground	Belhaven, John Hamilton, Baron, 1656-1708.	1699 (1699)	Wing B1786; ESTC R4942	29,366	64

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