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
A22264	By the King, orders decreed vpon for the furtherance of our seruice, asvvell in vvriting, as riding in poste specially set downe, and commanded to be obserued, where our posts are established within our countie of Kent.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); James I, King of England, 1566-1625.	1621 (1621)	STC 8675.6; ESTC S802	3,756	1

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