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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	bishop_n	church_n	whole_a	1,499	5	5.9130	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01130	The Pope confuted The holy and apostolique Church confuting the Pope. The first action. Translated out of Latine into English, by Iames Bell.; Papa confutatus. English	Foxe, John, 1516-1587.; Bell, James, fl. 1551-1596.	1580 (1580)	STC 11241; ESTC S116021	179,895	252

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