Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	call_v	king_n	people_n	3,987	5	4.6358	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69696	A character of popery and arbitrary government with a timely caveat and advice to all the freeholders, citizens and burgesses, how they may prevent the same by choosing good members to serve in this new Parliament.	Philolaus, fl. 1681.	1681 (1681)	Wing C2023; ESTC R19489	12,508	10

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