Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	edward_n	king_n	year_n	23,738	5	5.6713	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55316	The politician discovered, or, Considerations of the late pretensions that France claims to England and Ireland, and her designs and plots in order thereunto in two serious discourses / by a true Protestant and well-wisher of his countrey.	Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687.	1681 (1681)	Wing P2767; ESTC R23435	23,653	54

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