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	scot_n	3,777	5	9.4526	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25719	An Appendix to Mercurius reformatus, or, The new observator by the same author.		1692 (1692)	Wing A3573; ESTC R30819	24,994	16

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