Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	king_n	say_a	wales_n	2,220	5	10.3565	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26169	The fundamental constitution of the English government proving King William and Queen Mary our lawful and rightful king and queen : in two parts : in the first is shewn the original contract with its legal consequences allowed of in former ages : in the second, all the pretences to a conquest of this nation by Will. I are fully examin'd and refuted : with a large account of the antiquity of the English laws, tenures, honours, and courts for legislature and justice : and an explanation of material entries in Dooms-day-book / by W.A.	Atwood, William, d. 1705?; Atwood, William, d. 1705? Reflections on Bishop Overall's Convocation-book.	1690 (1690)	Wing A4171; ESTC R27668	243,019	223

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be_v persecute_v for_o it_o against_o law_n at_o least_o not_o so_o as_o to_o come_v up_o to_o our_o case_n especial_o if_o we_o take_v in_o what_o he_o acknowledge_v far_a the_o roman_a emperor_n say_v he_o under_o who_o they_o live_v 91._o so_o jovian_a p._n 85_o 86._o julian_n do_v persecute_v they_o legal_o vid._n p._n 91._o be_v absolute_a independent_a prince_n who_o will_n be_v the_o law_n and_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o empire_n differ_v vast_o from_o that_o of_o england_n so_o that_o we_o be_v not_o under_o the_o same_o obligation_n they_o be_v because_o our_o prince_n have_v not_o the_o same_o legal_a power_n as_o the_o roman_a emperor_n have_v but_o then_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o we_o be_v as_o much_o bind_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o legal_a command_n of_o the_o king_n of_o england_n as_o the_o primitive_a christian_n to_o the_o legal_a command_n of_o their_o prince_n but_o say_v he_o this_o be_v no_o part_n of_o the_o controversy_n under_o the_o reign_n of_o james_n 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ordinabit_fw-la quòd_fw-la cum_fw-la seipsâ_fw-la discordare_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la salvo_n domino_fw-la regi_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la consilio_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsi_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la ordinationes_fw-la postquam_fw-la scriptae_fw-la fuerint_fw-la examinare_fw-la &_o emendare_fw-la valeant_fw-la si_fw-la hoc_fw-la facere_fw-la sciant_fw-la &_o velint_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la hoc_fw-la faciant_fw-la ibidem_fw-la tunc_fw-la in_fw-la pleno_fw-la parliamento_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr consensu_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la &_o non_fw-la retro_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la n._n vii_o vid._n cap._n 7._o f._n 70._o seneschallia_n angliae_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la comitem_fw-la leicester_n &_o pertinet_fw-la ab_fw-la antiquo_fw-la et_fw-la sciendum_fw-la est_fw-la seneschalliae_fw-la sir_n john_n cotton_n be_v library_n tit._n tiberius_n n._n 8_o de_fw-fr officio_fw-la seneschalliae_fw-la quod_fw-la ejus_fw-la officium_fw-la est_fw-la supervidere_fw-la &_o regular_fw-la sub_fw-la rege_fw-la &_o 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desistat_fw-la de_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la malis_fw-la consiliis_fw-la prius_fw-la regi_fw-la factis_fw-la mentionem_fw-la faciend_n quod_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la presentiâ_fw-la recedat_fw-la &_o moram_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la dedecus_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o damnum_fw-la publicum_fw-la ut_fw-la predictum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la faciat_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la vero_fw-la faciat_fw-la tum_fw-la mittent_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsum_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la amoveri_fw-la faciat_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la consilium_fw-la non_fw-la audiat_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la à_fw-la toto_fw-la populo_fw-la malus_fw-la consiliarius_fw-la inter_fw-la regem_fw-la &_o suum_fw-la populum_fw-la praesumitur_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la rex_fw-la non_fw-la fecerit_fw-la aliâs_fw-la &_o plury_n mittent_fw-la tam_fw-la regi_fw-la quam_fw-la ei_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la demum_fw-la non_fw-la rex_fw-la nec_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la consiliarius_fw-la de_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la missionibus_fw-la &_o supplicationibus_fw-la advertat_fw-la sed_fw-la ea_fw-la potius_fw-la facere_fw-la neglexerit_fw-la tum_fw-la pro_fw-la bono_fw-mi publico_fw-la licebit_fw-la seneschallo_n &_o constabulario_fw-la angliae_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la de_fw-la communitate_fw-la regni_fw-la capere_fw-la &_o corpus_fw-la ejus_fw-la salvum_fw-la custodire_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la proximum_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la &_o seisire_v res_fw-la redditus_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la possessiones_fw-la svas_fw-la donec_fw-la judicium_fw-la suum_fw-la attenderit_fw-la &_o subierit_n per_fw-la considerationem_fw-la istius_fw-la rni_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la n._n viii_o vid._n cap._n 7._o f._n 72._o johannes_n dei_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la etc._n etc._n sciatis_fw-la nos_fw-la concessisse_fw-la &_o presenti_fw-la cartâ_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la confirmasse_fw-la dilecto_fw-la &_o fideli_fw-la nostro_fw-la willielmo_n marescallo_n comiti_fw-la pembroke_n &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la magistratum_fw-la marescalciae_fw-la curiae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la quem_fw-la magistratum_fw-la gilbertus_n marescallus_fw-la h._n rs._n avi_fw-la patris_fw-la nostri_fw-la &_o johannes_n filius_fw-la ipsius_fw-la gilberti_n disrationaverunt_fw-la coram_fw-la praed_fw-we rege_fw-la h._n in_fw-la curiâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la contra_fw-la rob._n de_fw-fr venoiz_n &_o contra_fw-la willielmum_fw-la de_fw-la hastings_n qui_fw-la ipsum_fw-la magistratum_fw-la calumpniabantur_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la judicium_fw-la quia_fw-la defecerunt_fw-la se_fw-la de_fw-la recto_fw-la ad_fw-la diem_fw-la quem_fw-la eye_n inde_fw-la constituerat_fw-la quare_fw-la volumus_fw-la &_o firmiter_fw-la precipimus_fw-la quod_fw-la predictus_fw-la willielmus_fw-la &_o haeredes_fw-la svi_fw-la post_fw-la eum_fw-la habeant_fw-la &_o teneant_fw-la breed_fw-mi magistratum_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ad_fw-la illum_fw-la pertinen_n be_v &_o in_o pace_n liberè_fw-la &_o quietè_fw-la integrè_fw-la &_o honorificè_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o heredibus_fw-la testibus_fw-la w._n lond._n e._n elyens_n &_o h._n sarum_n ep._n dat._n per_fw-la manus_fw-la h._n cant._n arch._n n._n ix_o vid._n cap._n 9_o f._n 93._o praelocutoris_fw-la rot._n parl._n 1_o h._n 7._o presentatio_fw-la praelocutoris_fw-la subsequenterque_fw-la idem_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la prefatis_fw-la communibus_fw-la ore_fw-la svo_fw-la proprio_fw-la eloquens_fw-la ostendendo_fw-la suum_fw-la adventum_fw-la ad_fw-la jus_o &_o coronam_fw-la angliae_fw-la fore_fw-la tam_fw-la per_fw-la justum_fw-la titulum_fw-la haereditanciae_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la verum_fw-la dei_fw-la judicium_fw-la in_fw-la tribuendo_fw-la sibi_fw-la victoriam_fw-la de_fw-la inimico_fw-la svo_fw-la in_o campo_n declaravit_fw-la quod_fw-la omnes_fw-la subditi_fw-la svi_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la statûs_fw-la gradûs_fw-la seu_fw-la conditionis_fw-la fuerint_fw-la &_o haberent_fw-la &_o tenerent_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la omne_fw-la terras_fw-la tenementa_fw-la redditus_fw-la &_o haereditamenta_fw-la sva_fw-la eisdemque_fw-la gauderent_fw-la exceptis_fw-la talibus_fw-la personis_fw-la quales_fw-la svam_fw-la majestatem_fw-la regiam_fw-la ostenderunt_fw-la qui_fw-la juxta_fw-la eorum_fw-la demerita_fw-la in_o presentis_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la curiâ_fw-la aliter_fw-la essent_fw-la plectendi_fw-la regis_fw-la titulus_fw-la regis_fw-la item_n quaedam_fw-la billa_z exhibita_fw-la fuit_fw-la praefato_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la in_o praesenti_fw-la parliamento_fw-la per_fw-la communitates_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la parliamento_fw-la existentes_fw-la hanc_fw-la seriem_fw-la verborum_fw-la continens_fw-la to_o the_o pleasure_n of_o almighty_n god_n the_o wealth_n prosperity_n and_o surety_n of_o this_o realm_n of_o england_n to_o the_o singular_a comforth_o of_o all_o the_o king_n subject_n of_o the_o same_o and_o in_o avoid_v of_o all_o ambiguity_n and_o question_n be_v it_o ordeign_v establish_v and_o enact_v by_o 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requisitionem_fw-la communitatis_fw-la praedictae_fw-la necnon_fw-la authoritate_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la respondebat_fw-la eidem_fw-la in_fw-la formâ_fw-la sequenti_fw-la nostre_fw-fr seigneur_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr del_fw-it assent_n des_fw-fr signior_n espirituelx_fw-fr &_o temporelex_n esteaniz_fw-fr en_fw-fr cest_fw-fr parliament_n &_o a_o la_fw-fr request_n des_fw-fr commons_n avantditz_fw-fr le_fw-fr voet_n en_fw-fr toutz_fw-fr poyntz_n the_o king_n our_o sovereign_a lord_n remember_v 16._o restitutio_fw-la henrici_fw-la sexti_fw-la 1._o h._n 7._o n._n 16._o how_o against_o all_o rightwisnes_n