Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	duke_n	king_n	marquis_n	2,659	5	9.6371	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68069	A declaration of the causes, for the which, wee Frederick, by the grace of God King of Bohemia, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Elector of the sacred empire, &c. haue accepted of the crowne of Bohemia, and of the countryes thereunto annexed; Proclamations. 1619-11-07	Bohemia (Kingdom). Sovereign (1619-1620 : Frederick I); Frederick I, King of Bohemia, 1596-1632.	1620 (1620)	STC 11351.3; ESTC S121195	8,536	24

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kingdom_n of_o bohemia_n be_v reduce_v be_v so_o famous_a for_o antiquity_n and_o a_o principal_a member_n of_o the_o sacred_a empire_n as_o also_o the_o country_n thereunto_o annex_v and_o incorporate_v with_o other_o border_a province_n neither_o can_v they_o be_v ignorant_a of_o such_o action_n of_o oppression_n hostility_n and_o violence_n which_o have_v be_v practise_v within_o a_o little_a time_n through_o continual_a rapine_n murder_n combustion_n devastation_n plentiful_a effusion_n of_o innocent_a blood_n violation_n and_o ravish_v both_o of_o wife_n and_o honest_a virgin_n dismember_n of_o little_a suck_a child_n with_o many_o other_o inhuman_a most_o cruel_a and_o barbarous_a insolence_n in_o like_a manner_n the_o true_a source_n and_o original_n of_o all_o these_o evil_n of_o what_o afterward_o ensue_v or_o may_v in_o future_a time_n accrue_v most_o evident_o appear_v and_o be_v as_o clear_a as_o day_n both_o by_o experience_n and_o the_o ample_a relation_n that_o have_v 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the_o say_a kingdom_n and_o country_n have_v expose_v their_o life_n and_o substance_n for_o the_o