Selected quad for the lemma: majesty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
majesty_n	king_n	lord_n	message_n	2,536	5	9.9777	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67911	An ansvver to a pamphlet intituled the Lord George Digby his apologie for himselfe; plainly discovering the cunning untruths, and implicit malice in the said pamphlet against the just and legall proceedings of the Honourable the High Court of Parliament.		1643 (1643)	Wing A3326; ESTC R12927	3,537	10

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