Selected quad for the lemma: peace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
peace_n	lord_n	say_a	sovereign_a	2,692	5	10.2419	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36231	Judge Dodaridge, his law of nobility and peerage wherein the antiquities, titles, degrees, and distinctions, concerning the peeres and nobility of this nation, are excellently set forth : with the knights, esquires, gentleman, and yeoman, and matters incident to them, according to the lawes and customes of England.; Magazine of honour	Bird, William, 17th cent.; Doddridge, John, Sir, 1555-1628.	1658 (1658)	Wing D1794; ESTC R11125	103,063	198

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daughter_n of_o thomas_n bullen_n sometime_o major_a of_o london_n to_o his_o wife_n the_o statute_n of_o westminster_n 2._o cap._n i._n which_o be_v make_v anno_fw-la 13._o e._n 1._o be_v procure_v especial_o and_o purposely_o at_o the_o desire_n of_o gentleman_n for_o the_o preservation_n of_o their_o land_n and_o hereditament_n together_o with_o their_o surname_n and_o faculty_n and_o therefore_o one_o call_v this_o statute_n gentiliteum_n municipale_v and_o the_o lawyer_n call_v it_o ius_n taliatum_fw-la &_o taliabile_fw-la the_o child_n only_o of_o gentleman_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v admit_v into_o the_o inn_n of_o court_n and_o thereby_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o there_o be_v scant_o any_o man_n find_v within_o the_o realm_n skilful_a and_o cunning_a in_o the_o law_n except_o he_o be_v a_o gentleman_n bear_v and_o come_v of_o a_o good_a house_n for_o they_o more_o than_o any_o kind_n of_o man_n have_v a_o special_a care_n to_o their_o nobility_n and_o to_o the_o preservation_n of_o their_o honour_n and_o same_o for_o in_o those_o inn_n of_o court_n be_v virtue_n study_v and_o vice_n exile_v for_o that_o for_o the_o endowment_n of_o virtue_n and_o abandon_v of_o vice_n knight_n and_o baron_n with_o other_o state_n and_o nobleman_n of_o the_o realm_n place_v their_o child_n in_o these_o inn_n though_o they_o desire_v not_o to_o have_v they_o learn_v in_o the_o law_n nor_o to_o live_v by_o the_o practice_n thereof_o but_o only_o upon_o their_o father_n allowance_n vide_fw-la fortescue_n de_fw-la laudibus_fw-la anglorum_fw-la cap._n 49._o but_o the_o statute_n of_o an._n 3._o jac._n cap._n 4._o among_o other_o thing_n it_o be_v enact_v that_o if_o any_o gentleman_n or_o person_n of_o high_a degree_n shall_v hereafter_o go_v or_o pass_v