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	place_n	time_n	5,799	4	3.2772	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27543	The present interest of England stated by a lover of his king and countrey.	Bethel, Slingsby, 1617-1697.	1671 (1671)	Wing B2072; ESTC R5304	27,311	42

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