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	lord_n	parliament_n	3,425	5	6.7071	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62829	To the supream authority of the nation the Parliament of the common-wealth of England the humble petition of Mary Countess of Sterling, and John Blount her husband.	Stirling, Mary Vanlore Alexander, Countess of, d. ca. 1660.; Blount, John.	1654 (1654)	Wing T1730A; ESTC R22329	13,652	8

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