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
A82334	Democritus turned states-man: or Twenty quaeries between jest and earnest, proposed to all true hearted Englishmen.		1659 (1659)	Wing D978; Thomason E985_12; ESTC R207860	4,710	8

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