Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	day_n	king_n	lord_n	14,831	5	3.9145	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43568	Christ displayed as the choicest gift, and best master: from Joh. 4. 10. Joh. 13. 13. Being some of the last sermons preached by that faithful and industrious servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. Nathaniel Haywood, sometime minister of the gospel at Ormschurch in Lancashire.	Heywood, Nathaniel, 1633-1677.	1679 (1679)	Wing H1757; ESTC R218948	147,704	290

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