Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	knight_n	lord_n	sir_n	5,529	4	6.2506	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B04536	An addresse to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common-Council of the honourable city of London, and in particular the representatives thereof in the Parliament now assembled. / By Sir Francis Nethersole of Nethersole, in the county of Kent, knight.	Nethersole, Francis, Sir, 1587-1659.; City of London (England). Lord Mayor's Court.; City of London (England). Court of Common Council.	1659 (1659)	Wing N493; ESTC R218486	5,212	12

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