Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	affair_n	king_n	war_n	1,101	5	5.8202	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57045	A representation of the present affairs and interests of the most considerable parts of Europe, more especially of those of the Netherlands as they now stand, in the beginning of the year 1677. Laid open in a letter from Holland. By a lover of truth and peace.	Lover of truth and peace.	1677 (1677)	Wing R1106; ESTC R206033	22,257	32

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xi_o re_fw-mi di_fw-mi francia_n a_o cvi_fw-la non_fw-la solo_fw-la ricadde_n come_v à_fw-la supremo_fw-la signore_fw-la il_fw-fr ducato_n d'angiò_fw-la nel_fw-it quale_fw-la perch_n é_fw-fr membro_fw-la della_fw-it corona_n non_fw-it succedono_fw-it le_fw-fr feminine_a ma_fw-fr con_fw-mi tutto_fw-mi che'l_o duca_n di_fw-it lorena_n asserisse_fw-la appartenersi_fw-la a_o se_fw-la la_fw-fr successione_n de_fw-fr gli_fw-la stati_fw-la entrò_fw-la in_o possessione_n della_fw-it provenza_n e_fw-it poteva_fw-it per_fw-la vigore_fw-la del_fw-it testamento_fw-la medesimo_fw-la pretendere_fw-la essergli_fw-la applicate_v le_fw-fr ragioni_fw-la vhe_fw-it gli_fw-it angjoini_fw-la havevano_fw-la sopra_fw-la il_fw-it ream_n di_fw-it napoli_n le_fw-fr quali_fw-la essendo_fw-la per_fw-la la_fw-fr sva_fw-la morte_fw-la continuate_a in_o carlo_n viii_o svo_fw-la figlivolo_fw-la incommincio_n ferdinando_n re_fw-mi di_fw-mi napoli_n ad_fw-la havere_fw-la potentissimo_fw-la auversario_fw-la e_fw-la si_fw-la presento_fw-la grandissima_fw-la opportunità_fw-la a_o chiunque_fw-la d'offenderlo_o desiderava_fw-la perch_n il_fw-fr regno_fw-la di_fw-it francia_n oer_o a_o in_o quel_fw-it tempo_fw-it piu_fw-it florido_n d'huomini_fw-la di_fw-it gloria_fw-la d'arme_n d'arme_n di_fw-it potentia_fw-la di_fw-it ricchezze_fw-it e_fw-la d'autorità_fw-la intra_fw-la gli_fw-la altri_fw-la regni_fw-la che_fw-it force_n doppo_fw-it carlo_n magno_fw-la fusse_fw-fr mai_fw-gr stato_fw-it essendosi_fw-it ampliato_fw-it novellament_fw-it in_fw-la ciascuna_fw-la di_fw-mi quelle_fw-fr treparti_fw-la nelle_fw-it quali_fw-la appresso_fw-la gli_fw-la antichi_fw-la si_fw-la divideva_fw-it tutta_fw-mi la_fw-fr gallia_n conciosia_n che_fw-it non_fw-it piu_fw-it che_fw-it quaranta_n anni_fw-la à_fw-la questo_fw-la tempo_fw-it sotto_fw-it carlo_n vii_o re_fw-mi per_fw-mi molte_fw-it vittorie_n ottenute_n con_fw-mi gravissimi_fw-la pericoli_fw-la chiamato_fw-la bene_fw-la auventurato_fw-la si_fw-la fussero_fw-la ridotto_fw-it sotto_fw-it quelimperio_fw-la la_fw-fr normandia_n e'l_o ducato_n di_fw-it ghienna_n provincie_n possedute_v primadagli_fw-la inglesi_n e_fw-la ne_fw-la gli_fw-la ultimi_fw-la anni_fw-la di_fw-it luigi_n xi_o la_fw-fr contè_fw-fr a_fw-fr di_fw-fr provenza_n il_fw-fr ducato_n di_fw-it borgogna_fw-it e_fw-it quasi_fw-la tutta_fw-mi la_fw-fr picardia_n dipoi_fw-fr aggiunto_n per_fw-la nuovo_fw-la matrimonio_fw-la alla_fw-fr potentia_fw-la di_fw-it carlo_n viii_o il_fw-fr ducato_n di_fw-it bretagna_n ne_fw-fr mancava_fw-fr nel_fw-it animo_fw-la di_fw-it carlo_n inclinatione_fw-la à_fw-la cercer_n d'acquistare_fw-la con_v l'arme_n il_fw-fr regno_fw-la di_fw-it napoli_n come_v giustament_fw-mi appartenente_fw-la a_o se_fw-la cominciata_fw-la per_fw-la un_fw-fr certo_fw-la instinto_fw-la quasi_fw-la naturale_fw-la insino_fw-la da_fw-la pueritia_fw-la e_fw-la nutrita_fw-la dà_fw-la conforti_fw-la d'alcuni_fw-la che_fw-it gli_fw-it er_fw-mi ano_fw-la molto_fw-mi accetti_fw-mi i_fw-it quali_fw-la empiendolo_n di_fw-it pensieri_fw-la vani_fw-la gliproponevano_fw-la questa_fw-la essere_fw-la occasione_n d'avanzare_fw-la la_fw-fr gloria_fw-la do_v suoi_fw-fr predecessori_fw-la perch_n acquistato_fw-la il_fw-fr ream_n di_fw-it napoli_n gli_fw-it sarebbe_fw-it agevole_fw-it vincere_fw-la l'imperio_fw-la de_fw-la turchi_n short_o after_o the_o say_a historian_n follow_v his_o discourse_n in_o this_o manner_n incomminciò_fw-la in_o tale_n dispositione_n de_fw-fr gli_fw-la animi_fw-la &_o in_o tale_n confusione_n dell_fw-it cose_z tanto_fw-it inclinate_a à_fw-la nuove_n perturbationi_fw-la l'anno_fw-mi 1494_o anno_fw-la infelicissimo_fw-la all_o '_o italia_n &_o in_o verita_fw-la anno_fw-la primo_fw-la de_fw-la gli_fw-la anni_fw-la miserabibili_fw-la perch_n aperse_v la_fw-fr porta_fw-la à_fw-la innumerabili_fw-la &_o horribili_fw-la