Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	edward_n	sir_n	william_n	16,332	5	9.1351	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91171	A declaration of the officers and armies, illegall, injurious, proceedings and practises against the XI. impeached members: (not to be parallel'd in any age) and tending to the utter subversion of free Parliaments, rights, priviledges, freedome, and all common justice. And to introduce a meer arbitrary power in the very highest court of iustice.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1647 (1647)	Wing P3938; Thomason E397_8; ESTC R201667	5,932	10

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