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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	city_n	great_a	king_n	7,710	5	3.5489	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43956	The history of the wars in Ireland, betwixt Their Majesties army and the forces of the late King James Giving an impartial relation of all the battles, sieges, rencounters, skirmishes and other material passages, revolutions and accidents that has happened in that kingdom since the year 1688. The second edition, corrected. To which is added, the siege of Lymerick, to the raising thereof; with the siege and surrender of Bandon, Cork, the Old and New Fort, and town of Kin-sale; with other material occurrences. By an officer in the Royal Army. Illustrated with the lively effigies of His Sacred Majesty, and the great commanders in the Army.	Officer in the Royal Army.	1691 (1691)	Wing H2190A; ESTC R218430	61,520	168

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