Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	house_n	majesty_n	time_n	1,776	5	3.6807	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18982	An ansvver and true discourse to a certain letter lately sent by the Duke of Alba (in maner of a pardon) to those of Amsterdam to be by them conueyed and distributed vnto the other townes in Hollande. Set forth by certayn true louers of their natiue country, namely desirous to liue vnder the due obeysance of the King of Spayne, according to the old customes and priuileges of their said countrie: faithefully translated out of the Dutch into English, by T.W.	Alba, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, duque de, 1507-1582.; T. W., fl. 1573-1595.	1573 (1573)	STC 540; ESTC S119168	18,121	50

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majesty_n all_o due_a obedience_n also_o his_o majesty_n have_v again_o at_o all_o time_n show_v a_o fatherly_a and_o benign_a disposition_n towards_o the_o say_a country_n how_o can_v he_o then_o have_v stop_v his_o ear_n from_o the_o cry_n and_o lamentation_n of_o his_o poor_a and_o true_a subject_n or_o how_o can_v he_o shut_v his_o eye_n and_o not_o behold_v the_o lascivious_a and_o wilful_a deal_n of_o a_o strange_a nation_n or_o his_o heart_n be_v shut_v up_o from_o have_v compassion_n over_o such_o a_o miserable_a destruction_n of_o his_o town_n and_o country_n so_o flourish_v and_o prosper_v at_o that_o time_n as_o no_o land_n in_o christendom_n more_o where_o as_o the_o state_n of_o the_o whole_a land_n aswell_o in_o general_a as_o particular_a yea_o the_o chief_a of_o the_o nobility_n and_o lord_n themselves_o with_o humble_a supplication_n remonstrance_n ambassade_n and_o many_o other_o mean_n have_v obedient_o request_v to_o be_v hard_o indifferent_o and_o to_o be_v 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and_o hang_v all_o the_o king_n true_a subject_n without_o end_n or_o measure_n yea_o the_o most_o noble_a lord_n of_o the_o country_n be_v force_v to_o flee_v or_o to_o be_v murtherid_fw-la now_o well_o know_v that_o they_o king_n have_v no_o pleasure_n in_o these_o do_n that_o his_o true_a subject_n shall_v thus_o unjust_o and_o tirannous_o be_v handle_v as_o he_o himself_o have_v often_o declare_v and_o as_o we_o be_v full_o certify_v do_v therefore_o not_o against_o our_o king_n but_o against_o certain_a presumptuous_a stranger_n which_o have_v advance_v themselves_o to_o invade_v our_o country_n without_o right_n or_o reason_n take_v the_o sword_n in_o hand_n to_o defend_v and_o deliver_v our_o body_n from_o their_o bloody_a sword_n our_o good_n from_o their_o grope_v hand_n &_o our_o wife_n and_o daughter_n from_o their_o unchaste_a desire_n know_v thereby_o for_o certain_a that_o we_o do_v our_o king_n herein_o both_o good_a and_o faithful_a service_n the_o truth_n whereof_o 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