Selected quad for the lemma: majesty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
majesty_n	say_a	ship_n	vessel_n	4,717	5	9.9109	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08913	The deplorable case of great numbers of suffering subjects, concerned in the ships and vessels employed in Their Majesties transport-service humbly offerred to the High Court of Parliament now assembled.	England and Wales. Parliament.	1691 (1691)	Wing D1068E; ESTC R174603	1,225	3

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