Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	duke_n	earl_n	edward_n	6,832	5	8.3499	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56172	Historiarchos, or, The exact recorder being the most faithfull remembrancer of the most remarkable transactions of estate and of all the English lawes ... : as most elabourately they are collected ... out of the antiquities of the Saxon and Danish kings, unto the coronation of William the Conqueror, and continued unto the present government of Richard, now Lord Protector / by William Prynne, Esquire ...; Seasonable, legal, and historical vindication of the good old fundamental liberties, franchises, rights, properties, laws, government of all English freemen. Part 3	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.; Prynne, William, 1600-1669. Seasonable, legal, and historical vindication.	1659 (1659)	Wing P3974; ESTC R14832	281,609	400

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intravit_fw-la in_o cor_fw-la eorum_fw-la et_fw-la à_fw-la cnutho_n quem_fw-la naturalibus_fw-la dominis_n praetulerunt_fw-la confractus_fw-la e●t_fw-la arcu_fw-la eoru●_n cum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d monarchiam_fw-la insulae_fw-la faven●ibus_fw-la illis_fw-la ob●inui●●e●_n omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la primi_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la fuere_fw-la consilio_fw-la exterminavit_fw-la et_fw-la q●o●quo●_n de_fw-fr regio_fw-la semine_fw-la ●uperstites_fw-la reperit_fw-la vel_fw-la regno_fw-la repulit_fw-la vel_fw-la occidit_fw-la as_o 366._o abbot_n ethelred_n record_v to_o posterity_n to_o which_o 363._o henry_n huntindon_n and_o 3._o henr●_n de_fw-fr knyghton_n subjoin_n posteà_fw-la vero_fw-la rex_fw-la justo_fw-la dei_fw-la judicio_fw-la dignam_fw-la retributionem_fw-la nequitiae_fw-la anglis_fw-la reddidit_fw-la ipse_fw-la namque_fw-la rex_fw-la cnu●e_fw-la edricum_fw-la occidit_fw-la quia_fw-la timebat_fw-la ab_fw-la insidi●s_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la aliquando_fw-la circumveniri_fw-la sicut_fw-la domini_fw-la svi_fw-la priores_fw-la ethelredus_fw-la &_o edmondus_fw-la frequent_a sunt_fw-la circumventi_fw-la quorum_fw-la diutina_fw-la proditione_n alterum_fw-la vexavit_fw-la alterum_fw-la interfecit_fw-la add_v ●lorentius_fw-la wigorni●nsis_fw-la simeon_n dunelmensis_n roger_n de_fw-fr hoveden_n and_o radulphus_fw-la de_fw-la diceto_fw-la turkellum_fw-la exulavit_fw-la hirc_n fugere_fw-la compulit_fw-la praeterea_fw-la summos_fw-la procerum_fw-la aggressus_fw-la normannum_fw-la ducem_fw-la interfecit_fw-la edwi_n adeling_n exterminavit_fw-la adelwoldum_fw-la detruncavit_fw-la edwi_n churlege_v exulavit_fw-la birdric_n ferro_fw-la vita_fw-la privavit_fw-la 391._o aethelwardus_fw-la filius_fw-la agelmari_fw-la ducis_fw-la et_fw-la brihtricus_fw-la filius_fw-la alphegi_fw-la domnaniensis_fw-la satrapae_fw-la sin●_n culpa_fw-la interfecti_fw-la sunt_fw-la fecit_fw-la quoque_fw-la per_fw-la angliam_fw-la mirabilem_fw-la censum_fw-la reddi_fw-la scilicet_fw-la 82._o some_o write_v 72._o mille_fw-la librarum_fw-la praeter_fw-la undecies_fw-la mille_fw-la libri●_n quas_fw-la londinensis_fw-la reddiderunt_fw-la dignum_fw-la igitur_fw-la exactorem_fw-la dominus_fw-la justus_n anglis_fw-la imposuit_fw-la for_o reject_v their_o own_o hereditary_a sovereign_a line_n 205._o radulphus_fw-la cestrensis_fw-la english_v by_o trevisa_n fabian_n and_o 174._o grafton_n thus_o second_v they_o also_o they_o swear_v that_o they_o will_v in_o all_o wise_a put_v off_o edmond_n kin_n they_o trow_v thereby_o to_o be_v great_a with_o the_o king_n afterward_o but_o it_o fare_v far_o otherwise_o for_o many_o or_o the_o more_o part_n of_o they_o special_o such_o as_o canutus_n perceive_v be_v swear_v be●ore_o to_o edmond_n and_o his_o heir_n he_o mistrust_v and_o disdain_v ever_o after_o nota._n therefore_o some_o of_o they_o be_v slay_v by_o god_n rightful_a doom_n and_o some_o banish_v and_o exile_v and_o put_v out_o of_o the_o land_n and_o some_o by_o god_n punishment_n die_v sudden_o and_o come_v to_o a_o miserable_a end_n which_o other_o of_o our_o historian_n likewise_o register_v i_o shall_v desire_v all_o such_o who_o be_v guilty_a of_o the_o like_a treachery_n flattery_n practice_n or_o advice_n against_o their_o lawful_a sovereign_n royal_a posterity_n advise_o to_o ponder_v this_o sad_a domestic_a precedent_n in_o their_o most_o retire_a meditation_n for_o fear_v they_o incur_v the_o like_a divine_a retaliation_n by_o god_n rightful_a doom_n when_o and_o by_o who_o they_o least_o suspect_v or_o fear_v it_o king_n cnute_n thus_o quit_v of_o all_o king_n edmond_n son_n 1018._o brethren_n kindred_n and_o likewise_o of_o the_o great_a english_a duke_n and_o noble_n who_o may_v endanger_v his_o life_n crown_n and_o new-acquired_n monarchy_n in_o the_o next_o place_n contrive_v how_o to_o secure_v his_o empire_n against_o prince_n alfred_n and_o edward_n edmond_n brother_n then_o in_o normandy_n with_o queen_n emma_n their_o mother_n and_o their_o uncle_n richard_n duke_n of_o normandy_n a_o person_n of_o great_a valour_n power_n and_o interest_n the_o only_a person_n likely_a to_o attempt_v their_o restitution_n to_o the_o kingdom_n and_o crown_n of_o england_n for_o which_o end_n he_o by_o gift_n ambassy_n and_o fair_a promise_n other_o procure_v earl_n richard_n consent_n to_o bestow_v his_o sister_n queen_n emma_n upon_o he_o for_o his_o wife_n who_o arrive_v in_o england_n in_o july_n 1018._o be_v present_o marry_v to_o this_o invader_n of_o her_o former_a husband_n kingdom_n his_o son_n royal_a throne_n and_o murderer_n banisher_n dishinheriter_fw-la of_o his_o and_o her_o royal_a posterity_n whereby_o her_o brother_n duke_n richard_n thought_n be_v whole_o divert_v from_o aid_v his_o nephew_n to_o recover_v their_o right_n in_o england_n 374._o exit_fw-la hinc_fw-la cum_fw-la c●utoni_fw-la omne_fw-la pro_fw-la voto_fw-la cessissent_fw-la timens_fw-la ne_fw-la haeres_fw-la legitimus_fw-la regnum_fw-la quod_fw-la sibi_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la debebatur_fw-la a●●quando_fw-la normanica_fw-la fretus_fw-la vir●u●●_n reposceret_fw-la ●t_a ducis_fw-la sibi_fw-la arctius_fw-la colligaret_fw-la affectum_fw-la emmam_fw-la ●efuncti_fw-la regis_fw-la relictam_fw-la duxit_fw-la vxorem_fw-la whereupon_o de_fw-fr illorum_fw-la elfredi_n &_o edwardi_fw-la restitutione_n richardun_n avunculum_fw-la nihil_fw-la egisse_fw-la comperimus_fw-la quia_fw-la et_fw-la sororem_fw-la svam_fw-la emmam_fw-la hosti_fw-la et_fw-la invasori_fw-la nuptam_fw-la collocau●t_fw-la ignores_fw-la majori_fw-la illius_fw-la dedecore_fw-la qui_fw-la dederit_fw-la a●_n f●minae_fw-la quae_fw-la conse●_fw-fr serat_fw-la ut_fw-la thalamo_fw-la illius_fw-la c●leret_fw-la qui_fw-la vi●um_fw-la infestaverit_fw-la filios_fw-la effugaverit_fw-la be_v 73._o malmesbury_n his_o observation_n and_o censure_n thereupon_o only_o their_o uncle_n robert_n attempt_v their_o ●estitution_n congregatis_fw-la navibus_fw-la et_fw-la impositis_fw-la militibus_fw-la 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