Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	bishop_n	crown_n	king_n	3,218	5	3.8858	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42267	Seasonable advice to the citizens, burgesses, and free-holders of England concerning parliaments, and the present elections / by a divine of the Church of England.	Grove, Robert, 1634-1696.	1685 (1685)	Wing G2158; ESTC R2863	21,459	42

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