Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	army_n	king_n	send_v	4,158	4	5.5359	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35055	Fortune's uncertainty, or, Youth's unconstancy wherein is contained a true and impartial account of what hapned [sic] in the space of a few years to the author, whom you will know in this ensuing discourse by the name of Rodolphvs.	Croke, Charles, 1590 or 91-1657.	1667 (1667)	Wing C7008; ESTC R4655	26,054	98

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