Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	duke_n	french_a	king_n	14,745	5	4.5867	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64119	Reflections upon the memorial from his Most Christian Majesty presented by the Count de Briord, his ambassador extraordinary to the States-general of the United Provinces at the Hague, December 4. 1700 : containing his reasons for accepting the late King of Spain's will, in favour of the Duke of Anjou : in a letter from a friend, to Mr. J.C. Merchant in London.	N. T.; Briord, Gabriel de, d. 1703.	1700 (1700)	Wing T38; ESTC R18218	8,474	18

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