Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	france_n	king_n	orange_n	2,955	5	10.1958	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86280	Certamen epistolare, or, The letter-combate. Managed by Peter Heylyn, D.D. with 1. Mr. Baxter of Kederminster. 2. Dr. Barnard of Grays-Inne. 3. Mr. Hickman of Mag. C. Oxon. And 4. J.H. of the city of Westminster Esq; With 5. An appendix to the same, in answer to some passages in Mr. Fullers late Appeal.	Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662.; Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.; Bernard, Nicholas, d. 1661.; Hickman, Henry, d. 1692.; Harrington, James, 1611-1677.	1659 (1659)	Wing H1687; Thomason E1722_1; ESTC R202410	239,292	425

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want_v such_o stand_a force_n as_o be_v sufficient_a to_o preserve_v his_o power_n and_o make_v good_a his_o action_n it_o be_v conceive_v by_o some_o and_o affirm_v by_o other_o that_o he_o be_v able_a to_o bring_v into_o the_o field_n for_o a_o sudden_a service_n no_o less_o than_o sixty_o company_n of_o man_n of_o arm_n twenty_o cornet_n of_o light_a horse_n and_o five_o company_n of_o harque_n bushier_v on_o horseback_n which_o amount_v to_o 10000_o in_o the_o total_a together_o with_o 20_o ensign_n of_o french_a horse_n and_o 40_o of_o swiss_n and_o yet_o leave_v his_o garrison_n well_o man_v and_o his_o fort_n and_o frontier_n well_o and_o sufficient_o defend_v by_o all_o which_o lay_v together_o it_o be_v clear_a and_o manifest_a that_o the_o french_a king_n be_v absolute_a monarch_n and_o that_o their_o government_n be_v as_o sufficient_o dispotical_a as_o a_o man_n can_v wish_v the_o frequent_a