Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	chamberlain_n	earl_n	lord_n	9,187	5	5.2876	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17947	Cardanus comforte translated into Englishe. And published by commaundement of the right honourable the Earle of Oxenford; De consolatione. English	Cardano, Girolamo, 1501-1576.; Bedingfield, Thomas, d. 1613.	1573 (1573)	STC 4607; ESTC S104794	116,012	228

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