Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	duke_n	lord_n	secretary_n	1,067	5	10.5187	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26656	Medulla historiæ Scoticæ being a comprehensive history of the lives and reigns of the kings of Scotland, from Fergus the First, to Our Gracious Sovereign Charles the Second : containing the most remarkable transactions, and observable passages, ecclesiastical, civil, and military, with other observations proper for a chronicle, faithfully collected out of authors ancient and modern : to which is added, a brief account of the present state of Scotland, the names of the nobility, and principal ministers of church and state, the laws criminal : a description of that engine with which malefactors are tortured, called the boot.	Alexander, William, fl. 1685-1704.	1685 (1685)	Wing A917; ESTC R21197	93,143	254

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lord_n gordon_n usurp_v almost_o a_o royal_a authority_n over_o the_o country_n benorth_n the_o ferth_n as_o the_o lord_n hume_n also_o do_v upon_o the_o southside_n the_o queen_n see_v her_o authority_n contemn_v private_o marry_v the_o earl_n of_o angus_n look_v upon_o he_o as_o one_o who_o can_v protect_v she_o and_o she_o in_o extremity_n but_o this_o match_n instead_o of_o heighten_v weaken_v her_o interest_n the_o nobility_n divide_v in_o two_o faction_n the_o one_o plead_v for_o the_o earl_n of_o douglass_n and_o the_o other_o oppose_v he_o think_v he_o too_o high_a already_o make_v choice_n of_o the_o earl_n of_o arran_n but_o a_o three_o party_n step_v in_o of_o who_o the_o lord_n chamberlain_n be_v chief_a who_o carry_v the_o choice_n from_o both_o pitch_v upon_o john_n duke_n of_o albany_n when_o king_n henry_n hear_v that_o this_o gentleman_n be_v like_a to_o carry_v the_o day_n he_o write_v to_o scotland_n remonstrate_v to_o they_o how_o dangerous_a this_o choice_n may_v 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