Selected quad for the lemma: peace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
peace_n	certify_v	justice_n	session_n	2,005	5	10.5543	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19394	An apologie for sundrie proceedings by iurisdiction ecclesiasticall, of late times by some chalenged, and also diuersly by them impugned By which apologie (in their seuerall due places) all the reasons and allegations set downe as well in a treatise, as in certaine notes (that goe from hand to hand) both against proceeding ex officio, and against oaths ministred to parties in causes criminall; are also examined and answered: vpon that occasion lately reuiewed, and much enlarged aboue the first priuate proiect, and now published, being diuided into three partes: the first part whereof chieflie sheweth what matters be incident to ecclesiasticall conisance; and so allowed by statutes and common law: the second treateth (for the most part) of the two wayes of proceeding in causes criminal ... the third concerneth oaths in generall ... Whereunto ... I haue presumed to adioine that right excellent and sound determination (concerning oaths) which was made by M. Lancelot Androvves ....; Apologie: of, and for sundrie proceedings by jurisdiction ecclesiasticall	Cosin, Richard, 1549?-1597.; Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626. Quaestionis: nunquid per jus divinum, magistratui liceat, a reo jusjurandum exigere? & id, quatenus ac quousque liceat?.	1593 (1593)	STC 5822; ESTC S118523	485,763	578

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which_o suit_n be_v in_o his_o own_o court_n and_o before_o himself_o must_v needs_o be_v of_o office_n for_o where_o there_o be_v inquisitio_fw-la enquirie_n there_o the_o king_n be_v party_n as_o by_o another_o statute_n of_o the_o same_o 1._o same_o star_n de_fw-fr inquis_fw-la capiend_n 33._o ed._n 1._o king_n day_n appear_v de_fw-fr inquisitionibus_fw-la coram_fw-la justiciarijs_fw-la quibuscunque_fw-la capiendis_fw-la &_o in_o quibus_fw-la d._n rex_fw-la est_fw-la pars_fw-la qualitercunque_fw-la concordatum_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o a_o statute_n of_o 2._o of_o 18._o edw._n 3._o pro_fw-la clero_fw-la c._n 2._o king_n edward_n the_o three_o arreignment_n at_o the_o suit_n of_o the_o king_n which_o be_v ex_fw-la officio_fw-la as_o a_o distinct_a matter_n from_o that_o which_o be_v at_o the_o suit_n of_o a_o party_n be_v speak_v of_o and_o so_o 4._o so_o 42._o ed._n 3._o c._n 4._o be_v also_o commission_n of_o inquisition_n afterward_o furthermore_o in_o k._n 16._o k._n 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