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	sir_n	walter_n	3,067	5	12.4478	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45649	The city bride, or, The merry cuckold a comedy acted at the new theatre in Little Lincolns Inn-Fields by His Majesty's servants.	Harris, Joseph, ca. 1650-ca. 1715.; Webster, John, 1580?-1625? Cure for a cuckold.	1696 (1696)	Wing H863; ESTC R1134	42,545	112

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