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	law_n	parliament_n	2,488	5	6.5410	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46388	The Just request of the officers and souldiers of this army under the command of His Excellency Sr. Thomas Fairfax to their free elected councell agitators	Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.	1647 (1647)	Wing J1238A; ESTC R25146	3,074	8

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