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
A44621	The Brittish princes an heroick poem / written by the Honourable Edward Howard, Esq.	Howard, Edward, fl. 1669.	1669 (1669)	Wing H2965; ESTC R13966	62,418	232

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