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	king_n	kingdom_n	14,965	5	6.1241	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04535	True intelligence sent from a gentleman of account Concerning, the estate of the English forces now in Fraunce, vnder the conduct of the Right Honorable the Earle of Essex. Particularly expressing vvhat hath beene doone since his departure from England, vntill the second of SEptember last, 1591.	Johnson, Fabian.	1591 (1591)	STC 14657.5; ESTC S113329	3,110	10

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