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	town_n	village_n	2,095	5	9.2086	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87383	A Iovrnall, or, A true and exact relation of each dayes passage, of that party of the right honourable the Earle of Manchesters army, vnder the command of the ever honoured Maior Generall Craford, from the first of August to the end of the same month. Wherein there is truly related the taking of severall places, with the conditions and articles of the same: purposely set forth for the honour of that party. Published by authority.		1644 (1644)	Wing J1113; Thomason E8_4	9,976	16

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