Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

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city_n	call_v	great_a	province_n	5,554	4	7.9737	4	false

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B11184	A sermon preached before the Kings Maiestie, at Hampton Court, concerning the right and power of calling assemblies On Sunday the 28. of September, anno 1606. By the Bishop of Chichester.	Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.	1606 (1606)	STC 615; ESTC S121037	24,722	58

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