Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	england_n	king_n	scot_n	2,401	5	9.5367	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47616	The Scots scovts discoveries by their London intelligencer, and presented to the Lords of the covenant of Scotland, 1639.	D. L.	1642 (1642)	Wing L10; ESTC R16797	23,432	55

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