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	great_a	parliament_n	3,586	5	6.2777	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52791	A letter to a lord concerning a bill to incorporate the old East-India Company	N. N.	1698 (1698)	Wing N42A; ESTC R41467	4,536	2

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