Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	army_n	force_n	king_n	2,221	5	3.3981	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56793	The Protestant King protected, the popish kings detected and defeated in a sermon preach'd at St. James Clarkenwell, April 16, 1696, being the day of publick thanksgiving for the deliverance of His Majesty, K. William III from assassination, and his kingdoms from invasion by the French / by Deuel Pead ...	Pead, Deuel, d. 1727.	1696 (1696)	Wing P963; ESTC R17663	21,808	38

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