Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	bishop_n	church_n	england_n	1,376	5	6.5462	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47986	A letter from a gentleman at London, to his friend in the countrey, &c.	Gentleman at London.	1676 (1676)	Wing L1379; ESTC R10276	16,627	21

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