Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	george_n	john_n	sir_n	14,397	5	7.2829	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50327	Articles of agreement between his excellency Prince Maurice and the Earle of Stamford vpon the delivery of the city of Excester the fifth of September, 1643 together with a letter relating the Earle of Stamfords proceedings in the west.	Maurice, Prince, 1620-1652.; Stamford, Henry Grey, Earl of, 1599?-1673.	1643 (1643)	Wing M1357; ESTC R773	4,327	8

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