Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	earl_n	king_n	northumberland_n	2,516	5	11.4024	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61883	A justification of the present war against the United Netherlands wherein the declaration of His Majesty is vindicated, and the war proved to be just, honourable and necessary, the dominion of the sea explained, and His Majesties rights thereunto asserted, the obligations of the Dutch to England, and their continual ingratitude : illustrated with sculptures : in answer to a Dutch treatise entituled, Considerations upon the present state of the United Netherlands / by an English man.	Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676.	1672 (1672)	Wing S6050; ESTC R9857	73,902	89

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