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	pope_n	year_n	3,225	5	4.9323	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94619	To the right honorable the knights, citizens, and burgesses of the Commons House in Parliament The humble petition of some of the parishioners in the parish of Chigwell in the county of Essex and divers others.		1641 (1641)	Wing T1642; Thomason 669.f.4[28]; ESTC R210205	1,627	1

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