Selected quad for the lemma: body_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
body_n	default_n	heir_n	issue_n	12,475	5	10.0540	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62829	To the supream authority of the nation the Parliament of the common-wealth of England the humble petition of Mary Countess of Sterling, and John Blount her husband.	Stirling, Mary Vanlore Alexander, Countess of, d. ca. 1660.; Blount, John.	1654 (1654)	Wing T1730A; ESTC R22329	13,652	8

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