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	scotland_n	2,696	5	8.4241	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42043	David's returne from his banishment set forth in a thanks-giving sermon for the returne of His Sacred Majesty Charles the II, and preached at St. Maries in Oxon, May 27, 1660 / by Francis Gregory ...	Gregory, Francis, 1625?-1707.	1660 (1660)	Wing G1888; ESTC R13480	29,954	42

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