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	church_n	law_n	3,191	5	4.8145	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33198	A Civil correction of a sawcy impudent pamphlet lately published, entituled, A brief account of the designs which the papists have had against the Earl of Shaftsbury &c.		1681 (1681)	Wing C4364; ESTC R35638	7,905	4

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