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	peace_n	3,571	5	5.7906	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A24268	An Account from Scotland and London-derry of the proceedings against the Duke of Gordon in the castle of Edinburgh, Friday June the 7th		1689 (1689)	Wing A174A; ESTC P2707	4,094	2

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