Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	authority_n	king_n	time_n	3,411	5	3.4838	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94454	To the honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament. The humble petition of many thousands of citizens, and inhabitants in and about London.		1648 (1648)	Wing T1412; Thomason 669.f.11[113]; ESTC R210743	2,743	1

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