Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	great_a	king_n	part_n	9,521	5	4.1906	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18345	An occasionall discourse, upon an accident which befell his Maiesty in hunting. Composed in Italian, by Francis Cevolus, and thence translated into English; Discorso d'un caso seguito à Sua Maestà nella caccia. English	Cevoli, Francesco.	1635 (1635)	STC 4922; ESTC S116846	11,454	25

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