Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	english_a	great_a	king_n	9,502	5	3.6867	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B31104	A True relation of the inhumane and unparallel'd actions and barbarous murders of Negroes or Moors committed on three English-men in Old Calabar in Guinny of the wonderful deliverance of the fourth person, after he had endured horrid cruelties and sufferings, who lately arrived in England, and is now in His Majesties fleet : together with a short but true account of the customs and manners and growth of the country, which is very pleasant.		1672 (1672)	Wing T2970	10,893	19

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