Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	chancellor_n	honourable_a	lord_n	2,794	5	4.3082	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52671	Instructions concerning erecting of a library presented to my lord, the President De Mesme / by Gabriel Naudeus ... ; and now interpreted by Jo. Evelyn, Esquire.; Advis pour dresser une bibliothèque. English	Naudé, Gabriel, 1600-1653.; Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.	1661 (1661)	Wing N247; ESTC R8116	43,800	113

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