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
A91157	The case of the old secured, secluded, and now excluded Members, briefly and truly stated; for their own vindication, and their electors and the kingdoms satisfaction. / By William Prynne of Lincolns Inne Esq; one of those Members.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1660 (1660)	Wing P3921; Thomason E765_2; ESTC R203224	8,880	8

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