Selected quad for the lemma: majesty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
majesty_n	john_n	king_n	printer_n	3,230	5	10.6459	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11520	The history of the quarrels of Pope Paul. V. with the state of Venice In seuen books. Faithfully translated out of the Italian, and compared with the French copie.; Historia particolare delle cose passate tra'l sommo pontefice Paolo V. e la serenissima republica di Venetia. English	Sarpi, Paolo, 1552-1623.; Potter, Christopher, 1591-1646.	1626 (1626)	STC 21766; ESTC S116772	184,594	464

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