Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	ambassador_n	english_a	king_n	2,635	5	3.9111	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60041	A short account of the siege of Bantam and its surrender to the rebels, who were assisted by the Dutch and their fleet, in the East-Indies : in a letter from an English factor to a merchant of London.	English factor.	1683 (1683)	Wing S3544; ESTC R16976	1,960	2

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