Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	councillor_n	land_n	proprietor_n	125	3	16.7098	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52210	The charter granted by Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary to the inhabitants of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England; Charter	Massachusetts.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)	1699 (1699)	Wing M999; ESTC R7972	21,076	16

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