Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	prince_n	province_n	unite_a	1,142	5	10.0021	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26253	An exact copy of a letter from the Count d'Avaux, His Most Christian Majesties ambassador at the Hague dated the 9th of January 1684 and directed to the King his master which was intercepted by the Marquess de Grana governour of the Spanish Netherlands : as also the copies of other three letters relating to the same affair.	Avaux, comte d' (Jean-Antoine de Mesmes), 1640-1709.; Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.	1684 (1684)	Wing A4267; ESTC R26666	6,298	4

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so_o frank_a in_o your_o proceed_n and_o that_o be_v it_o which_o must_v persuade_v they_o when_o we_o enter_v upon_o those_o expedient_n which_o will_v not_o too_o much_o engage_v your_o majesty_n i_o most_o humble_o beseech_v your_o majesty_n that_o you_o will_v be_v please_v to_o let_v i_o know_v if_o there_o be_v any_o affair_n wherein_o i_o may_v launch_v out_o myself_o to_o the_o uttermost_a without_o be_v any_o obstruction_n to_o what_o your_o majesty_n demand_n relate_v to_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o open_a country_n of_o the_o spaniard_n in_o which_o i_o find_v so_o many_o difficulty_n if_o the_o matter_n shall_v come_v so_o far_o which_o i_o yet_o question_n i_o do_v not_o give_v myself_o the_o honour_n to_o ask_v of_o your_o majesty_n what_o i_o must_v do_v as_o to_o the_o assurance_n that_o may_v be_v desire_v of_o the_o lord_n of_o amsterdam_n in_o case_n they_o can_v bring_v the_o state_n general_n to_o grant_v unto_o your_o majesty_n what_o have_v be_v lay_v before_o i_o 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