Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	pound_n	shilling_n	sum_n	29,780	5	12.5631	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48987	An Act of Common Councell, concerning orphans	City of London (England). Common Council.	1663 (1663)	Wing L2852X; ESTC R216715	4,866	31

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a_o act_n of_o common_a council_n concern_v orphan_n print_a by_o james_n flesher_n printer_n to_o the_o honourable_a city_n of_o london_n 1663._o commune_fw-la concilium_fw-la tentum_fw-la in_o guildhald_v '_o civitatis_fw-la london_n decimo_fw-la tertio_fw-la die_fw-la octobris_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la edwardi_fw-la sexti_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la angliae_fw-la francia_fw-la &_o hiberniae_fw-la regis_fw-la fidei_fw-la defensor_fw-la '_o &_o in_o terra_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n &_o hiberniae_fw-la supremi_fw-la capit_fw-la '_o quinto_fw-la coram_fw-la andrea_n judde_n mil_fw-mi '_o major_n '_o civet_n '_o predict_v '_o recordator_n '_o laxton_n bowes_n hill_n jervis_n white_n turk_n hind_n lion_n kirton_n offley_n aylyffe_n wyther_n huett_n robins_n &_o lambard_n vic'_fw-fr ac_fw-la majore_fw-la parte_fw-la commoniar_n '_o etc._n etc._n sic_fw-la ordinat_fw-la '_o fuit_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o as_o much_o as_o the_o city_n of_o london_n be_v of_o late_a year_n sore_o 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