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	parliament_n	3,629	5	6.4769	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46958	The opinion is this, that resistance may be vsed, in case our religion and rights should be invaded	Johnson, Samuel, 1649-1703.	1689 (1689)	Wing J836; ESTC R17465	10,755	11

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