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	lord_n	privy_a	6,059	5	11.5175	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10134	The righteous mans euils, and the Lords deliuerances. By Gilbert Primerose, minister of the French Church in London	Primrose, Gilbert, ca. 1580-1642.	1625 (1625)	STC 20391; ESTC S112004	181,800	248

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