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	time_n	3,467	5	3.5652	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92939	Serious sober state-considerations, relating to the government of England and the garrison of Dunkirk in Flanders. By Theophilus Verax a Dunkirker.	Verax, Theophilus.	1660 (1660)	Wing S2618; Thomason E1021_7; ESTC R203909	2,232	8

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