Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	john_n	king_n	william_n	2,762	4	7.4572	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33819	A Collection of letters and poems microform / written by several persons of honour and learning, upon divers important subjects, to the late Duke and Dutchess of Newcastle.	Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.; Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1592-1676.	1678 (1678)	Wing C5146; ESTC R40847	83,981	186

present_a feb._n 28._o 1671._o madam_n your_o grace_n most_o oblige_v and_o devote_a servant_n the_o master_n fellow_n and_o scholar_n of_o st._n john_n coll._n in_o the_o university_n of_o cambridge_n to_o the_o most_o illustrious_a and_o excellent_a prince_n the_o lord_n duke_n of_o newcastle_n etc._n etc._n may_v it_o please_v your_o grace_n that_o your_o grace_n may_v not_o want_v fresh_a occasion_n to_o oblige_v we_o our_o college_n be_v not_o hitherto_o a_o finish_a building_n and_o we_o owe_v the_o perfection_n of_o our_o college_n to_o the_o late_a generous_a obligement_n of_o your_o grace_n when_o you_o honour_v we_o with_o the_o picture_n of_o the_o late_a right_o honourable_a mary_n countess_n of_o shrewsbury_n your_o most_o noble_a aunt_n and_o our_o second_o found'ress_n it_o be_v true_a we_o here_o have_v lodge_v hitherto_o with_o convenience_n enough_o to_o attest_v the_o generosity_n of_o your_o thrice_o noble_a family_n above_o as_o well_o our_o expectation_n as_o 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foetum_fw-la pulcherrimum_n incomparabilis_fw-la et_fw-la suprà_fw-la quam_fw-la cuidam_fw-la credibile_fw-la est_fw-la philosophantis_n heroinae_n d._n margaretae_n marchionissae_n novocastrensis_a cui_fw-la suada_n linguam_fw-la pallas_fw-la animum_fw-la imbuit_fw-la sed_fw-la quoniam_fw-la ipsa_fw-la per_fw-la ingenuae_fw-la frontis_fw-la molitiem_fw-la inter_fw-la viros_fw-la sententiam_fw-la dicere_fw-la non_fw-la sustinet_fw-la in_o imagine_v saltèm_n &_o hâc_fw-la altae_fw-la mentis_fw-la effigy_n aeternis_fw-la debet_fw-la interest_n nominibus_fw-la illustrissimo_fw-la excellentissimo_fw-la nobilissimóque_fw-la principi_fw-la gulielmo_n marchioni_fw-la &_o comiti_fw-la de_fw-la newcastle_n etc._n etc._n illustrissime_fw-la princeps_fw-la meritò_fw-la olim_fw-la jactavimus_fw-la te_fw-la hasce_fw-la aliquandò_fw-la aedes_fw-la atque_fw-la haec_fw-la musarum_fw-la sacra_fw-la coluisse_fw-la cúmque_fw-la ea_fw-la ut_fw-la par_fw-fr erat_fw-la