Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	will_n	wise_a	word_n	27	3	3.4866	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02503	[The courte of vertue.]	Hall, John, b. 1529 or 30.	1565 (1565)	STC 12632; ESTC S105963	112,237	362

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