Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	allegiance_n	pope_n	subject_n	2,580	5	6.5986	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13948	Three severall treatises concerning the truce at this present propounded The first, laying open divers considerations and reasons, why a truce ought not to bee contracted: propounded vnto the high and mightie lords of the States Generall of the Vnited Provinces: by the right honble the commissioners and deputies of the most hon: authorized Company of West India. In their owne behalfe. The second, discusseth this question very pithily and at large, whether or no it bee lawfull to make truce with the King of Spaine, with divers fitting considerations. Lastly, here is added a remonstrance, represented to the States theyr Excellencies, in the behalfe of the King of Bohemia, which hath a respect vnto the affaires in Germanie. All truly and faithfully translated out of the Low Dutch copie.; Consideratien ende redenen der E. Heeren Bewind-hebberen, vande geoctrojeerde West-Indische Compagnie. English	West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands); United Provinces of the Netherlands. Staten Generaal.	1630 (1630)	STC 24258; ESTC S120731	14,036	32

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