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
A78259	The case of the mannor of Epworth in the isle of Axholm, in the county of Lincoln, concerned in the bill for an act for setting the level of Hatfield Chase humbly presented to the right Honorable the Commons of England in Parliament assembled.		1695 (1695)	Wing C1113; ESTC R229782	3,302	1

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