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	war_n	17,303	5	6.8100	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25340	The Ancient manufacture of white saltmaking at South and Northshields, Sunderland and Blyth, ought to be preserved and encouraged, for the ensuing reasons most humbly presented		1655 (1655)	Wing A3071A; ESTC R40282	1,252	1

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