Selected quad for the lemma: woman_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	brother_n	daughter_n	sister_n	5,598	5	10.9500	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57329	An abridgement of Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the world in five books ... : wherein the particular chapters and paragraphs are succinctly abrig'd according to his own method in the larger volume : to which is added his Premonition to princes.	Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.; Echard, Laurence, 1670?-1730.; Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618. A premonition to princes.	1698 (1698)	Wing R151A; ESTC R32268	273,979	474

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of_o the_o roman_a army_n discontent_v with_o the_o little_a benefit_n they_o have_v get_v by_o the_o roman_a conquest_n fall_v to_o spoil_v drive_v away_o their_o colonel_n choose_v two_o base_a leader_n scipio_n send_v new_a colonel_n which_o with_o fair_a word_n and_o promise_n of_o pay_v bring_v they_o to_o carthagenia_n where_o exemplary_a justice_n be_v do_v upon_o the_o two_o leader_n and_o their_o accomplice_n the_o rest_n have_v swear_v obedient_a receive_v pay_n mandonius_n and_o indibilis_n pursue_v by_o scipio_n submit_v and_o be_v pardon_v but_o their_o former_a power_n lessen_v masanissa_n promise_v to_o serve_v the_o roman_n and_o mago_n by_o direction_n from_o carthage_n leave_v gades_n when_o he_o have_v robe_v it_o to_o go_v to_o hannibal_n in_o italy_n have_v treasure_n send_v to_o raise_v a_o army_n so_o gades_n present_o yield_v to_o the_o roman_n and_o scipio_n give_v up_o the_o province_n to_o a_o successor_n and_o be_v choose_v consul_n §_o 18._o publius_n cornelius_n scipio_n

have_v be_v train_v up_o in_o the_o art_n of_o war_n by_o cyna_n a_o warlike_a woman_n the_o soldier_n disappoint_v she_o and_o python_n who_o hope_v to_o have_v be_v entreat_v by_o they_o to_o hold_v and_o choose_v antipater_n who_o in_o a_o few_o day_n arrive_v at_o the_o camp_n with_o his_o army_n and_o take_v it_o upon_o he_o as_o the_o only_a powerful_a man_n then_o live_v of_o all_o alexander_n captain_n who_o all_o acknowledge_v their_o superior_a antipater_n take_v the_o king_n queen_n and_o princess_n into_o macedon_n leave_v antigonus_n general_n of_o the_o royal_a army_n against_o eumenes_n and_o ruler_n of_o asia_n during_o the_o war_n and_o beside_o his_o former_a province_n give_v he_o the_o rule_n of_o susiana_n §_o 11._o antigonus_n lieutenant_z of_o asia_n be_v to_o subdue_v eumenes_n alcetus_fw-la and_o attalus_n begin_v with_o eumenes_n seek_v to_o corrupt_v his_o army_n by_o letter_n but_o fail_v therein_o by_o eumenes_n cunning_a who_o make_v show_v as_o if_o he_o write_v they_o to_o try_v their_o faith_n to_o he_o then_o antigonus_n deal_v with_o the_o captain_n of_o which_o one_o break_v out_o untimely_a and_o another_o call_v apollonides_n hold_v close_o till_o the_o battle_n and_o then_o turn_v to_o antigonus_n with_o such_o of_o the_o horseman_n as_o he_o can_v persuade_v be_v their_o general_n but_o eumenes_n overtake_v he_o and_o cut_v he_o off_o though_o he_o lose_v the_o battle_n eumenes_n not_o able_a to_o keep_v the_o field_n wish_v his_o man_n to_o shift_v for_o themselves_o and_o retain_v only_o five_o hundred_o horse_n and_o two_o hundred_o foot_n with_o which_o he_o tire_v antigonus_n in_o follow_v at_o last_o he_o enter_v nora_n a_o strong_a and_o well_o provide_v fort_n border_v on_o cappadocia_n where_o they_o part_v without_o agree_v so_o antigonus_n leave_v nora_n besiege_v and_o with_o his_o other_o force_n enter_v pisidia_n and_o overthrow_v alcetus_fw-la §_o 12._o ptolemy_n while_o other_o prince_n be_v quiet_a in_o their_o government_n send_v a_o army_n and_o win_v syria_n and_o phoenicia_n and_o take_v laomedon_n the_o governor_n thereof_o prisoner_n antipater_n be_v eighty_o year_n old_a repose_v great_a confidence_n in_o polyspercon_n one_o of_o alexander_n most_o ancient_a captain_n commit_v to_o he_o the_o protectorship_n and_o government_n of_o macedon_n doubt_v his_o son_n cassander_n sufficiency_n he_o also_o give_v charge_n that_o no_o woman_n shall_v be_v admit_v into_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o empire_n and_o so_o die_v die_o 13._o polys●ercon's_n skill_n be_v great_a in_o war_n than_o in_o the_o high_a office_n he_o now_o undertake_v be_v a_o man_n of_o a_o inferior_a wit_n fit_a to_o assist_v than_o command_n in_o chief_a the_o better_a to_o countenance_v his_o injunction_n to_o the_o governor_n of_o province_n he_o and_o his_o council_n think_v fit_a to_o call_v the_o queen_n of_o olympias_n to_o court_n who_o antipater_n suffer_v not_o in_o macedon_n but_o cassander_n son_n of_o antipater_n who_o think_v himself_o the_o better_a man_n be_v not_o satisfy_v with_o the_o captainship_n of_o a_o thousand_o his_o ambition_n soar_v high_a when_o he_o consider_v the_o love_n of_o those_o which_o command_v the_o garrison_n and_o all_o the_o ruler_n in_o the_o city_n so_o of_o greece_n so_o place_v by_o his_o father_n beside_o he_o have_v that_o interest_n in_o queen_n eurydice_n that_o be_v due_a only_o to_o her_o husband_n all_o which_o will_v not_o serve_v to_o bear_v out_o a_o open_a rebellion_n cassander_n therefore_o find_v what_o ptolemy_n have_v do_v in_o syria_n and_o what_o antigonus_n aim_v at_o since_o antipater_n death_n for_o who_o sake_n he_o presume_v upon_o they_o and_o see_v their_o occasion_n need_v a_o civil_a war_n he_o go_v to_o antigonus_n in_o asia_n and_o write_v to_o ptolemy_n §_o 14._o polyspercon_n upon_o cassander_n departure_n to_o disappoint_v he_o of_o his_o hope_n from_o greece_n decree_v in_o council_n to_o restore_v the_o popular_a government_n in_o their_o city_n and_o discharge_v the_o garrison_n and_o banish_v or_o kill_v the_o governor_n place_v by_o antipater_n thus_o he_o dishonour_v the_o man_n that_o raise_v he_o overthrow_v worthy_a man_n place_v as_o friend_n to_o the_o state_n of_o macedon_n and_o give_v away_o macedon_n command_n of_o greece_n if_o he_o mean_v as_o he_o pretend_v etc._n etc._n §_o 15._o athens_n by_o this_o decree_n in_o all_o haste_n cast_v out_o their_o governor_n photion_n and_o other_o who_o fly_v for_o their_o life_n but_o can_v remove_v the_o garrison_n command_v by_o nicanor_n a_o trusty_a friend_n to_o cassander_n he_o possess_v one_o of_o the_o havens_n find_v mean_n to_o take_v the_o other_o call_v paraeus_n to_o their_o great_a discouragement_n but_o by_o alexander_n the_o son_n of_o polyspercon_n come_v with_o a_o army_n be_v whole_o mislead_v as_o if_o he_o come_v to_o aid_v they_o whereas_o he_o come_v to_o get_v what_o nicanor_n hold_v if_o he_o can_v persuade_v he_o thereto_o photion_n and_o his_o fellow_n fly_v to_o polyspercon_n for_o patronage_n but_o he_o find_v he_o can_v not_o get_v the_o key_n of_o athens_n as_o he_o fight_v without_o offend_v the_o other_o town_n of_o greece_n to_o cover_v his_o intent_n as_o mean_v well_o to_o athens_n he_o send_v photion_n back_o into_o athens_n who_o wicked_o put_v he_o to_o death_n be_v above_o eighty_o year_n old_a who_o have_v be_v choose_v forty_o five_o time_n governor_n without_o seek_v it_o who_o integrity_n be_v approve_v who_o counsel_n the_o city_n never_o repent_v nor_o private_a man_n for_o trust_v he_o philip_n and_o alexander_n honour_v he_o but_o can_v fasten_v no_o gift_n upon_o he_o athens_n never_o after_o breed_v a_o worthy_a man._n §_o 16._o cassander_n with_o such_o force_n as_o antigonus_n lend_v he_o enter_v pireus_n which_o draw_v polyspercon_n headlong_o into_o attica_n with_o a_o army_n but_o for_o want_v of_o victual_n depart_v leave_v alexander_n with_o some_o force_n to_o hinde●_n nicanor_n till_o he_o in_o peloponesus_fw-la attempt_v megalopolis_n which_o affect_v cassander_n but_o the_o town_n furnish_v with_o fifteen_o thousand_o able_a man_n be_v so_o defend_v and_o his_o elephant_n so_o gall_v in_o their_o foot_n with_o nail_n drive_v through_o board_n lay_v and_o light_o cover_v in_o the_o way_n that_o he_o prevail_v not_o and_o want_v provision_n to_o stay_v long_o he_o forsake_v the_o siege_n after_o this_o his_o admiral_z clitus_z after_o a_o overthrow_n give_v to_o nicanor_n in_o propontis_n be_v in_o the_o second_o encounter_n antigonus_n have_v furnish_v nicanor_n utter_o defeat_v which_o make_v athens_n submit_v to_o cassander_n as_o do_v other_o city_n §_o 17._o antigonus_n lie_v before_o the_o fort_n nora_n when_o he_o hear_v of_o antipater_n death_n know_v eumenes_n sufficiency_n and_o fidelity_n to_o perdiccas_n think_v no_o man_n fit_a to_o be_v employ_v in_o his_o design_n he_o send_v therefore_o a_o friend_n to_o they_o both_o to_o deal_v with_o he_o to_o take_v a_o oath_n of_o fidelity_n to_o antigonus_n which_o he_o refuse_v except_o olympias_n and_o the_o child_n of_o alexander_n be_v put_v in_o which_o be_v yield_v to_o so_o he_o depart_v antigonus_n have_v before_o this_o take_v on_o he_o as_o lieutenant_n of_o asia_n to_o remove_v governor_n of_o province_n as_o aridaeus_n of_o phrygia_n and_o clitus_n of_o lydia_n which_o repair_v to_o the_o court_n for_o relief_n but_o all_o fail_v in_o clitus_n overthrow_n at_o sea_n §_o 18._o antigonus_z now_o command_v the_o most_o of_o the_o lesser_a asia_n be_v able_a to_o enter_v macedon_n and_o seize_v the_o court_n but_o doubt_v the_o reconciliation_n of_o cassander_n and_o polyspercon_n thereby_o he_o also_o know_v eumenes_n fidelity_n to_o the_o royal_a blood_n against_o he_o therefore_o he_o bend_v with_o twenty_o thousand_o foot_n and_o four_o thousand_o horse_n hope_v to_o surprise_v he_o in_o cilicia_n eumenes_n a_o thracian_a of_o all_o the_o old_a soldier_n be_v only_o faithful_a to_o the_o royal_a blood_n the_o court_n therefore_o give_v he_o commission_n to_o raise_v a_o army_n against_o antigonus_n require_v the_o provincial_n to_o assist_v and_o the_o old_a silver-shield-band_n to_o follow_v he_o §_o 19_o olympias_n the_o old_a queen_n intend_v to_o remove_v aridaeus_n and_o place_n alexander_n son_n of_o roxane_n join_v with_o polyspercon_n enter_v macedon_n take_v eurydice_n and_o aridaeus_n forsake_v of_o all_o that_o follow_v she_o at_o the_o sight_n of_o olympias_n both_o be_v murder_v and_o a_o hundred_o of_o cassander_n friend_n with_o nicanor_z his_o brother_n §_o 20._o cassander_n lie_v at_o the_o siege_n of_o tegea_n in_o peloponesus_fw-la hear_v these_o ill_a tiding_n compound_v with_o tegea_n and_o ship_v his_o army_n into_o thessaly_n the_o aetolian_n keep_v the_o straits_n of_o thermopylae_n by_o land_n in_o favour_n of_o the_o queen_n cassander_n leave_v callas_n with_o part_n