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	lord_n	parliament_n	4,338	5	6.4183	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84176	Every mans case or, A brotherly support to Mr. Larner, prisoner in the new prison in Mayden-lane.		1646 (1646)	Wing E3550; Thomason 669.f.10[52]; ESTC R210450	3,344	1

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