Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	day_n	good_a	time_n	5,951	5	3.7938	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58621	Dolefull nevves from Ireland sent in a letter by a gentleman to a brother-in-law here in London, wherein he relates the distressed condition the English are in, in that kingdome. With the copie of a commission granted by Luke Birne a prime commander of Ireland, whose grandfather was M. Feagh Hugh an arch traytor in Q. Elizabeth's raigne, to execute marshall law npon [sic] all the Protestants.	P. S.; Birne, Luke. aut	1642 (1642)	Wing S122A; ESTC R219794	2,449	7

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