Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	peace_n	province_n	unite_a	1,120	5	10.2827	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29579	A Speech made by the Right Honorable Iohn, Earl of Bristoll, in the high court of Parliament, May 20. 1642 concerning an accommodation : whereunto is added, the copy of a letter sent from the Right Honourable, the Lord Paget, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Buckingham, to the Right Honourable the Earl of Holland, shewing the great readinesse of that county, to obey the ordinance of the Parliament touching the militia.	Bristol, John Digby, Earl of, 1580-1654.; Paget, William Paget, Baron, 1609-1678.; Holland, Henry Rich, Earl of, 1590-1649.	1642 (1642)	Wing B4796; ESTC R1282	6,551	8

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this_o public_a testimony_n of_o my_o countrymens_n good_a affection_n for_o the_o safety_n of_o the_o king_n and_o kingdom_n i_o think_v not_o unfit_a to_o make_v know_v and_o rest_v your_o lordship_n most_o dutiful_a son_n and_o humble_a servant_n will_z paget_n beckonsfield_n 23._o may._n 1642._o finis_fw-la