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	send_v	time_n	4,585	4	3.3827	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48959	The latest and trvest nevves from Ireland, or, A trve relation of the happy victory obtained against the rebels before Drogheda and how the Earle of Ormond Sir Charles Coote, and Sir Simon Harecourt sallying out of Dublin to Donshoglen with two thousand souldiers slew two hundred rebels, and but 5 of them slain : related in a letter / from a privy councellor in Dublin, to Master Fenton Parsons of Lincolns-Inne, Feb. 26, 1641 ; whereunto is added another relation of an overthrow given them by Sir Henry Tichbourne, being related in a letter to Sir Robert King, Knight, Feb. 27, 1641.	Loftus, Edward, 17th cent.	1642 (1642)	Wing L2832; ESTC R13681	2,412	10

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brother_n be_v in_o london_n i_o pray_v you_o impart_v this_o letter_n to_o he_o i_o will_v have_v write_v to_o he_o but_o that_o i_o think_v he_o be_v at_o chester_n or_o in_o his_o way_n thither_o by_o the_o next_o he_o shall_v hear_v from_o i_o at_o large_a and_o i_o shall_v likewise_o trouble_v you_o i_o must_v now_o only_o tell_v you_o that_o i_o thank_v you_o for_o your_o care_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o concern_v i_o and_o that_o i_o be_o sir_n your_o most_o affectionate_a servant_n feb._n 27._o 1641._o ed._n loftus_n martii_fw-la 7._o it_o be_v this_o day_n order_v forthwith_o that_o this_o letter_n be_v publish_v in_o print_n h._n elsing_n cler._n p._n d._n com._n