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	power_n	3,247	5	5.0875	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29953	The white rose, or, A word for the House of York, vindicating the right of succession in a letter from Scotland to a peer of this realm.	W. B.; Brydall, John, b. 1635?	1680 (1680)	Wing B5268; ESTC R2802	9,595	12

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