Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	according_a	aforesaid_a	allegiance_n	17	3	8.8705	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28563	The history of the desertion, or, An account of all the publick affairs in England, from the beginning of September 1688, to the twelfth of February following with an answer to a piece call'd The desertion discussed, in a letter to a country gentleman / by a person of quality.	Bohun, Edmund, 1645-1699.; Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726. Desertion discuss'd.	1689 (1689)	Wing B3456; ESTC R18400	127,063	178

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