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	king_n	philip_n	3,907	5	9.3364	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39728	A treatise of the sports of wit	Flecknoe, Richard, d. 1678?	1675 (1675)	Wing F1237; ESTC R20266	20,309	62

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