Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	call_v	great_a	king_n	9,010	5	3.6485	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16268	The boke of demaundes of the scyence of phylosophye, and astronomye, betwene kynge Boctus, and the phylosopher Sydracke.	Boccus, King.; Sidrac, 13th cent.	1550 (1550)	STC 3188A; ESTC S104604	8,790	38

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