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
A36485	A discourse concerning the signification of allegiance, as it is to be understood in the new oath of allegiance	Downes, Theophilus, d. 1726.	1689 (1689)	Wing D2082; ESTC R1366	36,235	28

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