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
A86554	A declaration sent from the Right Honorable Ralph Lord Hopton. To the gentlemen and inhabitants of Cornwall, and the counties adjacent. Concerning his ingagement for and in behalf of Prince Charles, who now is King Charles the Second, King of Great Brittayne, &c. And desiring their joynt assistance to settle him in his crowne and dignitie, as he is their lawfull soveraigne.	Hopton, Ralph Hopton, Baron, 1598-1652.	1649 (1649)	Wing H2758; Thomason E544_3; ESTC R202561	4,100	9

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