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	king_n	law_n	5,822	5	4.7877	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96999	The remonstrance of the Commons of England, to the House of Commons assembled in Parliament Preferred to them by the hands of the speaker.	Walker, Henry, fl. 1643.	1643 (1643)	Wing W382E; ESTC R225914	7,953	8

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