Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	england_n	great_a	king_n	4,552	4	3.6901	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96177	Terrible nevves from Scotland: or, A true declaration of the late councell of the kingdome of Scotland, and how far they have proceeded in the raysing of their forces with an exact representation of their genealogies, lives, and manners, / written, by a gentleman imployed in the service for the publique, and dedicated to the commissioners of Scotland.; Perfect description of the people and country of Scotland	Weldon, Anthony, Sir, d. 1649?	1647 (1647)	Wing W1277AC; Thomason E402_7; ESTC R201816	4,599	8

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