Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	castle_n	city_n	land_n	14,781	5	9.6515	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20377	Profitable instructions describing what speciall obseruations are to be taken by trauellers in all nations, states and countries; pleasant and profitable. By the three much admired, Robert, late Earle of Essex. Sir Philip Sidney. And, Secretary Davison.	Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1566-1601.; Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586. aut; Davison, William, 1541?-1608. aut	1633 (1633)	STC 6789; ESTC S109627	10,885	122

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