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	young_a	youth_n	31	3	7.6219	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60224	The Siege of Mentz, or, The German heroin a novel.	Belon, P. (Peter)	1692 (1692)	Wing S3771; ESTC R20903	61,814	162

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