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	treasurer_n	9,523	5	11.5363	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92320	England's backwardnesse or A lingring party in bringing back a lawful King. Delivered in a sermon at Waltham Abbey Church in the county of Essex, at a solemne fast. / By Thomas Reeve D.D. preacher of Gods word in that parish.	Reeve, Thomas, 1594-1672.	1661 (1661)	Wing R687; Thomason E1056_3; ESTC R208035	33,106	49

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