Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	king_n	london_n	parliament_n	5,929	4	6.4949	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34537	The interest of England in the matter of religion the first and second parts : unfolded in the solution of three questions / written by John Corbet.	Corbet, John, 1620-1680.	1661 (1661)	Wing C6256; ESTC R2461	85,526	278

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