Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	great_a	part_n	time_n	2,743	4	3.3144	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91658	A Reply to a paper written by one of the six-clerks, intituled, An answer to a printed paper of the under-clerks in Chancery, intituled, Reasons to be offered, &c.		1655 (1655)	Wing R1053; Thomason E826_17; ESTC R207733	10,106	15

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service_n and_o allow_v they_o what_o pay_v they_o please_v and_o disband_v they_o at_o pleasure_n and_o the_o indenture_n be_v tripartite_a i_o have_v seal_v he_o a_o three_o part_n thereof_o whereby_o he_o may_v see_v that_o the_o case_n he_o put_v concern_v other_o be_v their_o own_o which_o be_v that_o they_o be_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o common_a soldier_n viz._n attorney_n of_o a_o court_n of_o justice_n desire_n and_o receive_v officer_n pay_v whereby_o their_o profit_n as_o it_o be_v former_o be_v not_o only_o much_o great_a than_o the_o fee_n acquire_v by_o most_o council_n which_o be_v before_o they_o in_o place_n but_o as_o great_a as_o the_o master_n of_o the_o roll_n or_o any_o other_o judge_n in_o england_n even_o the_o lord_n commissioner_n themselves_o as_o i_o conceive_v so_o that_o i_o may_v true_o say_v to_o he_o mutato_fw-la nemine_fw-la de_fw-la te_fw-la fabula_fw-la narratur_fw-la but_o i_o have_v spend_v more_o time_n than_o need_v in_o clear_v this_o for_o that_o every_o man_n know_v that_o a_o army_n can_v admit_v of_o any_o such_o idle_a useless_a and_o exorbitant_a officer_n as_o be_v the_o six_o clerk_n and_o some_o other_o pretend_a officer_n in_o chancery_n who_o be_v original_o but_o clerici_fw-la secundae_fw-la formae_fw-la scribentes_fw-la in_o rotulis_fw-la prepr●is_fw-la manibus_fw-la but_o they_o have_v receive_v officer_n pay_v so_o long_o that_o they_o will_v now_o fain_o be_v commander_n and_o forget_v that_o they_o be_v but_o attorney_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o common_a soldier_n and_o whereas_o the_o author_n of_o the_o pamphlet_n unworthy_o go_v about_o to_o persuade_v the_o people_n that_o the_o clerk_n have_v principle_n of_o fraud_n radicate_v in_o they_o and_o be_v not_o fit_a to_o be_v trust_v i_o say_v that_o if_o the_o clerk_n do_v not_o perform_v the_o trust_n repose_v in_o