Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	france_n	french_a	king_n	29,861	5	4.6110	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63118	A letter from the author of the Argument against a standing army to the author of the Balancing letter	Trenchard, John, 1662-1723.	1697 (1697)	Wing T2113; ESTC R16213	6,417	16

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