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
A62412	Articles for regulating of the judicatories, &c. set down by the commissioners thereunto authorized by His Majesty, under the Great Seal: with His Majesties approbation thereof prefixed thereunto.	Scotland. Commissioners for Regulating the Judicatories.	1670 (1670)	Wing S999A; ESTC R222486	13,388	20

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