Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	day_n	great_a	king_n	9,441	5	3.5510	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07626	Quadrivium Sionis or the foure ways to Sion By John Monlas Mr of arts	Monlas, John.	1633 (1633)	STC 18020; ESTC S102304	90,305	189

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