Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	james_n	john_n	sir_n	10,900	5	7.0390	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47584	The historie of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.	Knox, John, ca. 1514-1572.; Buchanan, David, 1595?-1652?	1644 (1644)	Wing K738; ESTC R12446	740,135	656

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