Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	great_a	king_n	place_n	9,217	5	4.1500	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65394	A perfect description of the people and countrey of Scotland	Weldon, Anthony, Sir, d. 1649?; Howell, James, 1594?-1666.	1659 (1659)	Wing W1277A; ESTC R33573	4,330	23

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