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	viscount_n	6,197	5	12.0408	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46355	The strange and wonderfull visions and predictions of William Juniper of Gosfield in Essex relating to the troubles of England, as they were by him delivered to Dr. John Gauden then at Bocking, and now Lord Bishop of Exon.	Gauden, John, 1605-1662.	1662 (1662)	Wing J1191; ESTC R10908	8,698	20

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