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	great_a	king_n	15,506	5	4.0453	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25346	An Account of the late design of buying up the wooll of Ireland in company in a letter to J.L.		1674 (1674)	Wing A307A; ESTC R1232	17,420	28

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