Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	king_n	lord_n	prince_n	9,482	5	6.1097	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96898	The Lords table. Whether it is to be spread like a table in an inne for all comers? That it ought not so be done is here maintained.	Woodward, Ezekias, 1590-1675.	1656 (1656)	Wing W3498; Thomason E880_7; ESTC R206596	63,848	77

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