Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	call_v	king_n	wales_n	2,937	5	10.1170	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30389	The memoires of the lives and actions of James and William, Dukes of Hamilton and Castleherald, &c. in which an account is given of the rise and progress of the civil wars of Scotland, with other great transactions both in England and Germany, from the year 1625, to the year 1652 : together with many letters, instructions, and other papers, written by King Charles the I : never before published : all drawn out of, or copied from the originals / by Gilbert Burnet ; in seven books.	Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. Selections. 1677.	1677 (1677)	Wing B5832; ESTC R15331	511,397	467

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die_v pag._n 1._o his_o son_n succeed_v he_o ibid._n his_o father_n character_n ibid._n king_n james_n die_v p._n 2._o an._n 1626._o the_o marquis_n go_v into_o scotland_n ibid._n the_o king_n write_v to_o he_o p._n 3._o and_o invite_v he_o to_o court_n ibid._n but_o he_o live_v retire_v ibid._n the_o earl_n of_o denbigh_n go_v for_o he_o p._n 4._o an._n 1628._o he_o come_v to_o court_n ibid._n his_o preferment_n there_o ibid._n the_o state_n of_o germany_n ibid._n an._n 1629._o the_o q._n of_o bohemia_n write_v to_o he_o p._n 5._o the_o k._n of_o sweden_n desire_v a_o league_n with_o the_o king_n ibid._n who_o appoint_v the_o marquis_n to_o treat_v with_o he_o p._n 6._o the_o marq._n send_v coll._n hamilton_n ibid._n and_o david_n ramsay_n to_o the_o king_n of_o sweden_n ibid._n an._n 1630._o article_n sign_v by_o the_o k._n of_o sweden_n p._n 7._o the_o prince_n of_o wales_n be_v bear_v p._n 8._o the_o marq._n make_v knight_n of_o the_o garter_n ib._n article_n with_o the_o k._n of_o sweden_n sign_v by_o the_o marq._n p._n 9_o ramsay_n deal_v with_o the_o lord_n reay_n p._n 10._o and_o negotiate_v with_o the_o state_n of_o holland_n ibid._n farensbach_n treachery_n ibid._n the_o k._n of_o swed_n press_v the_o marq._n to_o come_v to_o germany_n ibid._n and_o desire_v a_o league_n with_o the_o king_n p._n 11._o an._n 1631._o reay_n accuse_v ramsay_n ibid._n and_o l._n ochiltree_n accuse_v the_o marq._n ib._n the_o marq._n innocence_n appear_v p._n 12._o l._n weston_n be_v his_o enemy_n ibid._n but_o the_o k._n will_v receive_v no_o ill_a impression_n of_o he_o ibid._n and_o make_v he_o lie_v in_o his_o bedchamber_n that_o night_n p._n 13._o ochiltreeis_n try_v and_o punish_v for_o his_o false_a accusation_n ibid._n reay_n and_o ramsay_n desire_v to_o fight_v p._n 14._o the_o king_n letter_n about_o that_o matter_n ib._n the_o marq._n sail_n to_o germany_n p._n 15._o and_o go_v through_o the_o soundt_fw-mi ibid._n the_o king_n write_v to_o he_o ibid._n he_o land_n in_o germany_n with_o 6000_o man_n which_o do_v the_o k._n of_o sweden_n great_a service_n p._n 16._o the_o marq._n go_v to_o the_o k._n of_o sweden_n ib._n the_o k._n of_o sw._n send_v he_o to_o guard_v some_o pass_n on_o the_o other_o ibid._n the_o plague_n break_v in_o upon_o his_o army_n ib._n he_o relieve_v crossen_n p._n 17._o and_o take_v guben_n ibid._n he_o be_v call_v to_o besiege_v magdeburg_n ib._n sir_n h._n vane_n ambassador_n to_o the_o king_n of_o sweden_n p._n 18._o the_o king_n letter_n to_o the_o marq._n ibid._n the_o marq._n go_v to_o the_o k._n of_o swed_n p._n 19_o magdeburg_n be_v bring_v to_o a_o parley_n ib._n but_o be_v relieve_v by_o papenheim_n p._n 20._o who_o draw_v out_o the_o garrison_n and_o leave_v it_o ibid._n two_o letter_n of_o the_o king_n be_v to_o the_o marq._n p._n 20_o 21._o an._n 1632._o the_o k._n of_o swed_n propose_v unreasonable_a term_n to_o the_o king_n p._n 21._o the_o marq._n army_n come_v to_o nothing_o ibid._n the_o k._n of_o sw._n will_v not_o give_v he_o a_o new_a commission_n p._n 22._o the_o king_n write_v to_o he_o about_o a_o new_a employment_n for_o he_o p._n 23._o the_o treaty_n between_o the_o king_n and_o the_o k._n of_o sweden_n break_v up_o ibid._n the_o passion_n of_o the_o k._n of_o swden_n p._n 24._o the_o marq._n return_n to_o england_n upon_o the_o king_n command_n ibid._n the_o k._n of_o sweden_n death_n p._n 25._o an._n 1633._o the_o king_n be_v crown_v in_o scotland_n ibid._n the_o king_n assign_v a_o taxation_n to_o the_o marq._n for_o repay_v the_o expense_n of_o his_o army_n p._n 26._o lib._n 2._o of_o what_o pass_v when_o he_o be_v the_o king_n commissioner_n in_o scotland_n in_o