Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	lord_n	richard_n	sir_n	4,631	4	6.1407	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08255	The scourge of corruption. Or A crafty knaue needs no broker. Written by Anthony Nixon	Nixon, Anthony.	1615 (1615)	STC 18590; ESTC S110169	26,216	42

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