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	king_n	pope_n	4,544	5	7.1893	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96173	A cat may look upon a king	Weldon, Anthony, Sir, d. 1649?	1652 (1652)	Wing W1271; Thomason E1408_2; ESTC R209518	15,841	118

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