Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	france_n	king_n	normandy_n	1,455	5	11.2407	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43536	Erōologia Anglorum. Or, An help to English history Containing a succession of all the kings of England, and the English-Saxons, the kings and princes of Wales, the kings and lords of Man, and the Isle of Wight. As also of all the arch-bishops, bishops, dukes, marquesses, and earles, within the said dominions. In three tables. By Robert Hall, Gent.	Peter Heylyn, 1600-1662.	1641 (1641)	Wing H1713; ESTC R216457	108,040	378

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honour_v with_o the_o name_n of_o king_n of_o the_o north_n humber_n and_o be_v marshal_v thus_o a._n ch._n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 547_o 1_o ella_n and_o ida._n  _fw-fr 2_o adda_n and_o elappea_n  _fw-fr 3_o theodwald_n  _fw-fr 4_o frethulfe_n  _fw-fr 5_o theodorick_n 589_o 6_o ethelrick_n 593_o 7_o ethel●ride_n 617_o 8_o edwine_n the_o first_o christen_v king_n 633_o 9_o osrick_n 634_o 10_o s._n oswald_n 643_o 11_o oswy_a who_o have_v subdue_v oswin●_n king_n of_o deira_n be_v the_o first_o absolute_a king_n of_o all_o northumberland_n 671_o 12_o egfride_n 686_o 13_o s._n alfride_n 705_o 14_o osred_n 716_o 15_o kenred_n 718_o 16_o osrick_n ii_o 729_o 17_o ceolnulph_n 738_o 18_o egbert_n 758_o 19_o oswulph_n 759_o 20_o edilwald_n 765_o 21_o alured_n 774_o 22_o ethelred_n 778_o 23_o al●wald_n 789_o 24_o osred_n ii_o 794_o 25_o etheldred_n ii_o after_o who_o death_n this_o kingdom_n much_o molest_v by_o the_o dane_n become_v a_o province_n of_o the_o westsaxons_a the_o kingdom_n and_o king_n 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king_n of_o england_n 37._o 837_o 2_o s._n ethelwolf_n 20._o 857_o 3_o edelbald_a 858_o 4_o edelbert_n 5._o 863_o 5_o edelfride_n 9_o 873_o 6_o s._n alured_n who_o total_o reduce_v the_o saxon_n under_o one_o monarchy_n and_o found_v the_o university_n of_o oxford_n 23._o 900_o 7_o edward_n the_o elder_a 24._o 924_o 8_o athelstane_n 16._o 940_o 9_o edmund_n 6._o 946_o 10_o eadred_a who_o style_v himself_o king_n of_o great_a britain_n 955_o 11_o edwin_n 4._o 959_o 12_o s._n edgar_n 16._o 975_o 13_o edward_n the_o young_a 3._o 678_o 14_o ethelred_n 1016_o 15_o edmund_n ironside_n the_o danish_a race_n 1017_o 16_o canutus_n king_n of_o dan●mark_n 20._o 1037_o 17_o harald_n harfager_n 4._o 1041_o 18_o hardy_a cnute_n 4._o the_o saxon_n repossess_v 1045_o 19_o s._n edward_n who_o found_v and_o endow_v the_o church_n of_o westminster_n and_o be_v the_o first_o that_o cure_v the_o disease_n call_v the_o king's-evil_a leave_v the_o same_o hereditary_a to_o his_o successor_n 1066_o 20_o 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