Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	quality_n	young_a	youth_n	34	3	7.5590	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14497	Virgils Eclogues translated into English: by W.L. Gent; Bucolica. English	Virgil.; Lathum, William.; Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540.	1628 (1628)	STC 24820; ESTC S119264	75,407	208

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without_o special_a dispensation_n from_o his_o holiness_n but_o what_o so_o great_a cause_n dandle_v thy_o desire_n etc._n etc._n a_o rustical_a speech_n and_o a_o question_n well_o suit_v the_o silliness_n of_o the_o country_n for_o shepherd_n and_o home_n breed_v people_n be_v wont_n to_o stand_v at_o gaze_n and_o admire_v at_o any_o thing_n the_o cause_n whereof_o and_o the_o reason_n they_o know_v not_o my_o freedom_n etc._n etc._n a_o specious_a tittle_n and_o a_o very_a reasonable_a pretext_n and_o such_o as_o may_v easy_o pierce_v the_o simple_a mind_n of_o a_o shepherd_n it_o be_v even_o imprint_v in_o the_o disposition_n of_o all_o creature_n as_o well_o reasonable_a as_o other_o natural_o to_o affect_v freedom_n which_o principle_n be_v find_v most_o true_a by_o daily_a experience_n in_o such_o bird_n and_o beast_n as_o by_o man_n art_n be_v reclaim_v how_o loath_a th●y_n be_v to_o yield_v unto_o bondage_n and_o be_v subdue_v if_o never_o so_o little_o leave_v to_o 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