Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	king_n	kingdom_n	majesty_n	4,541	5	6.4432	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91195	An humble remonstrance to his His Maiesty, against the tax of ship-money imposed, laying open the illegalitie, abuse, and inconvenience thereof.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1641 (1641)	Wing P3983; Thomason E207_3; ESTC R209840	30,545	71

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de_fw-la hostibus_fw-la regni_fw-la angl._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 12._o pag._n 76._o 77._o and_o when_o king_n swanus_fw-la the_o dane_n exact_v this_o tribute_n from_o saint_n edmondsbury_n out_o of_o king_n edward_n land_n which_o plead_v exemption_n from_o it_o he_o be_v stab_v to_o death_n with_o king_n edward_n sword_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o noble_n as_o our_o historiographer_n report_v nay_o the_o danegelt_n which_o may_v be_v so_o term_v because_o it_o do_v geld_v much_o and_o pare_v man_n estate_n and_o emasculate_v their_o spirit_n have_v no_o analogy_n with_o this_o tax_n of_o ship-money_n for_o first_o it_o be_v not_o pay_v to_o a_o king_n but_o to_o a_o conquer_a enemy_n second_o it_o be_v pay_v by_o the_o king_n himself_o as_o well_o as_o by_o his_o subject_n and_o that_o not_o as_o a_o debt_n or_o duty_n but_o a_o composition_n or_o tribute_n most_o unjust_o impose_v and_o exact_v by_o a_o usurp_a and_o greedy_a enemy_n three_o it_o be_v exact_v by_o force_n and_o violence_n not_o by_o law_n or_o right_n four_o it_o be_v pay_v by_o the_o joint_a composition_n and_o agreement_n both_o of_o king_n and_o people_n not_o by_o the_o king_n absolute_a power_n that_o be_v evident_a by_o florentinus_n wigorniensis_n and_o mat._n westminster_n anno_fw-la 983._o dane_n omnes_fw-la portus_fw-la regni_fw-la infestantibus_fw-la dum_fw-la nesciretur_fw-la ubi_fw-la eis_fw-la occurri_fw-la deberet_fw-la decretum_fw-la est_fw-la à_fw-la viris_fw-la prudentibus_fw-la ut_fw-la vincerentur_fw-la argento_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la poterant_fw-la ferro_fw-la itaque_fw-la decem_fw-la millia_fw-la librarum_fw-la soluta_fw-la danorum_fw-la avaritiam_fw-la expleverunt_fw-la anno_fw-la 991._o quo_fw-la audito_fw-la datum_fw-la est_fw-la ijs_fw-la tributum_fw-la decem_fw-la millia_fw-la librarum_fw-la per_fw-la consilium_fw-la syricii_fw-la cantuariensis_n archiepiscopi_fw-la and_o aliorum_fw-la nobilium_fw-la regni_fw-la ut_fw-la a_fw-la crebis_fw-la rapinis_fw-la cremationibus_fw-la et_fw-la hominum_fw-la caedibus_fw-la quae_fw-la circa_fw-la maritima_fw-la agebant_fw-la cessarent_fw-la anno_fw-la 994._o tunc_fw-la aethelredus_fw-la per_fw-la consilium_fw-la suorum_fw-la nobilium_fw-la dedit_fw-la iis_fw-la pensionem_fw-la de_fw-la tota_fw-la anglia_fw-la collectam_fw-la 16000_o librarum_fw-la ut_fw-la à_fw-la cadibus_fw-la hominum_fw-la innocentium_fw-la cessarent_fw-la anno_fw-la 1002._o rex_fw-la aethelredus_fw-la consilio_fw-la suorum_fw-la ob_fw-la multas_fw-la injurias_fw-la à_fw-la dane_n acceptas_fw-la tributum_fw-la illis_fw-la statuit_fw-la and_o taxati_fw-la angli_fw-la fuere_fw-la ut_fw-la pacem_fw-la cum_fw-la eis_fw-la firmam_fw-la tenerent_fw-la cujus_fw-la postulationem_fw-la concesserunt_fw-la and_o ex_fw-la eo_fw-la tempore_fw-la de_fw-la tota_fw-la angliae_fw-la sumptus_fw-la illis_fw-la et_fw-la tributum_fw-la quod_fw-la erat_fw-la 36000_o lib._n persolvebatur_fw-la anno_fw-la 1012._o dux_fw-la edvardus_n and_o omnes_fw-la anglia_fw-la primate_fw-la utriusque_fw-la ordinis_fw-la ante_fw-la pascha_fw-la londini_fw-la congregati_fw-la sunt_fw-la and_o ibi_fw-la tam_fw-la diu_fw-la morati_fw-la sunt_fw-la quousque_fw-la tributum_fw-la dane_n promissum_fw-la quod_fw-la erat_fw-la 45000._o l._n persolverent_fw-la by_o all_o which_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o this_o tribute_n be_v not_o