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
A86762	The humble petition of divers citizens of the city of London. To [t]he High and Honourable Court of Parliament assembled at Westminster.		1648 (1648)	Wing H3454; Thomason 669.f.12[38]; ESTC R210809	1,749	1

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