Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	alderman_n	knight_n	sir_n	5,463	4	6.8865	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89059	Angliæ speculum: or Englands looking-glasse. Devided into two pats [sic], / by C.VV. Mercer.; Angliæ speculum. Parts 1 and 2	Mercer, William, 1605?-1676?	1646 (1646)	Wing M1735; Thomason E327_13; ESTC R200657	49,047	130

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