Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	bring_v	great_a	part_n	3,882	5	3.9579	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30500	A briefe relation discovering plainely the true causes why the great levell of fenns in the severall counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, Huntington, Northampton, and Lincolne shires, being three hundred and seven thousand acres of low-lands, have been drowned and made unfruitfull for many yeares past and as briefly how they may be drained, and preserved from inundation in the times to come : humbly presented to the honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament / by Andrewes Burrell, gent.	Burrell, Andrewes.	1642 (1642)	Wing B5969; ESTC R2671	13,041	29

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malmesbury_n who_o report_v the_o lordship_n of_o thorney_n in_o his_o time_n to_o be_v so_o fruitful_a and_o fragrant_a that_o for_o delight_v it_o resemble_v heaven_n itself_o that_o lordship_n be_v indeed_o a_o large_a and_o rich_a piece_n of_o land_n consist_v of_o eighteen_o thousand_o acre_n or_o thereabouts_o and_o pertain_v to_o the_o earl_n of_o bedford_n but_o have_v lose_v the_o beauty_n late_o mention_v nay_o to_o be_v plain_a be_v quite_o lose_v and_o perpetual_o drown_v save_v only_o one_o hillock_n where_o the_o abbey_n stand_v be_v the_o cause_n that_o induce_v the_o late_a earl_n to_o undertake_v the_o drain_n of_o the_o great_a level_n in_o which_o service_n by_o reason_n of_o my_o employment_n under_o his_o lordship_n in_o the_o year_n 1635._o in_o deepen_v wisbeach_n river_n i_o discover_v a_o stony_a bottom_n upon_o which_o there_o be_v find_v lie_v at_o several_a distance_n seven_o boat_n which_o for_o many_o year_n have_v lie_v bury_v eight_o foot_n under_o the_o 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