Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	john_n	richard_n	thomas_n	15,103	5	8.7231	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94700	To the supreme authority of the nation, the Commons of England, in Parliament assembled. The humble petition of divers young men, and apprentices of the city of London, and parts adjacent. In behalf of Lieut. Col. John Lilburn, M. William Walwin, M. Thomas Prince, and M. Richard Overton, now close prisoners in the Tower of London, without any declared just cause: and of Capt. Willam Bray in the same condition in Windsor Castle.		1649 (1649)	Wing T1737; Thomason 669.f.14[31]; ESTC R211131	1,763	1

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