Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	wisdom_n	wise_a	yield_v	20	3	6.9480	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92298	Rebellion strip't and whipt, through all its principles and pretences; from the first to the last. By way of appeale to the consciences of the City of London in particular, and the whole kingdom in generall. In the behalfe of his most sacred Majesty, and the Church now trampled on by traytors.	Rexophilus Londinatus, Christianus protestans.	1648 (1648)	Wing R595; Thomason E476_28; ESTC R203367	49,426	76

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