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	law_n	parliament_n	7,812	5	6.7613	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75411	An Answer to a question of a gentleman of quality (proposed to and made by a reverend and learned divine living in London) concerning the settlement or abolition of tithes by Parliament ...	Spelman, Henry, Sir, 1564?-1641. Tithes too hot to be touched.	1646 (1646)	Wing A3341B; ESTC R175467	23,795	29

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