Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	act_n	church_n	king_n	3,418	5	3.7630	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33179	The Cities just vindication, or, A scourge for a vagabond libel intituled, Goodman Country to his worship, the city		1682 (1682)	Wing C4329; ESTC R20092	6,356	4

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