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	majesty_n	parliament_n	3,548	5	6.7082	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41417	The Good news of Englands approving the covenant sent from Scotland and some reasons for assisting the Parliament of England against the papists and prelaticall army.		1643 (1643)	Wing G1073; ESTC R32438	5,259	12

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