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	sir_n	thomas_n	57,736	5	10.2379	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22195	Iames by the grace of God, king of England, Scotland, France & Ireland, defender of the faith &c. to all and singuler archbishops, bishops, archdeacons ... greeting whereas by the humble supplication and petition of our true and loyall subiects the inhabitants of our towne of Staines within our county of Middlesex ...	England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); James I, King of England, 1566-1625.	1619 (1619)	STC 8601; ESTC S3821	2,337	1

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