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	psal_n	6,173	5	7.6754	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13629	The reasonablenesse of wise and holy truth: and the absurditie of foolish and wicked errour	Terry, John, 1555?-1625.	1617 (1617)	STC 23912; ESTC S118354	27,907	56

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