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	son_n	21,940	5	5.5929	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25841	The Army's martyr, or, A more ful relation of the barbarous and illegal proceedings of the court-martiall at White-Hall upon Mr. Robert Lockier who was shot to death in Paul's church-yard upon the 27 day of April, 1649, and a brief narrative of the cause thereof : with his Christian carriage and deportment, and his dying speeches to all his fellow-souldiers at the time of his execution as an everlasting witnesse of his integrity to the rights and freedoms of the Common-Wealth.	Lockier, Robert, d. 1649.; Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.; Overton, Richard, fl. 1646.	1649 (1649)	Wing A3714A; ESTC R24189	16,468	16

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