Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	bear_v	king_n	time_n	3,290	5	3.5630	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30883	A discourse of trade by N.B. ...	Barbon, Nicholas, d. 1698.	1690 (1690)	Wing B707; ESTC R12426	26,245	107

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