Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	council_n	lord_n	privy_a	4,231	5	10.1951	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46476	His Majesties late letter in vindication of himself dated at St. Germans en Laye, the fourteenth of this instant January, 1688/9.	James II, King of England, 1633-1701.	1689 (1689)	Wing J196; ESTC R5661	3,935	6

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