Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	church_n	great_a	rome_n	6,241	5	6.8445	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39372	The second epistle to the truly religious and loyal gentry of the Church of England written by Edmund Elys ...	Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707.	1687 (1687)	Wing E693; ESTC R19490	6,204	11

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