Selected quad for the lemma: parliament_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
parliament_n	house_n	majesty_n	message_n	4,067	5	10.2478	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90363	The petition of the gentry, ministers, and commonalty of the county of Kent. Agreed upon at the generall assizes last holden for that county. The copie of which petition being delivered to Judge Mallet (who was for that circuit) and afterwards to the Earle of Bristoll. Which petition being concealed from the Parliament by the Earle of Bristoll and the said Iudge Mallet, was for the same, both committed to the Tower, March 28. 1642.	Peirce, Edmund, Sir, d. 1667.	1642 (1642)	Wing P1064; Thomason E142_10; ESTC R212738	2,530	7

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