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
A25873	The Arraignment tryal, and condemntion of Frost the broker who was condemned for clipping and filling His Majesties coyn : on Thursday, June 17th, 1675, to be hanged : vvith a character of his life and conversation, not onely before he was taken but since his imprisonment, in the Marshalses.		1675 (1675)	Wing A3756; ESTC R38510	3,397	10

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