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
A35205	Flowers strowed by the muses, against the coming of the most illustrious Infanta of Portugal, Catharina, Queen of England by John Crouch.	Crouch, John, fl. 1660-1681.	1662 (1662)	Wing C7298; ESTC R29668	3,469	16

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