Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	aforesaid_a	king_n	kingdom_n	3,131	5	6.6027	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35132	Sixteen reasons drawn from the law of God, the law of England, and right reason, to shew why diverse true Christians (called Quakers) refuse to swear at all for the satisfaction of all the upright in heart, that the innocent may not be condemned with the wicked / by John Crook.	Crook, John, 1617-1699.	1661 (1661)	Wing C7213; ESTC R1138	7,523	8

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