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
A50284	The matter of fact a la mode de France, or, The case stated after the French manner, in relation to the alliance proposed by the two crowns of England and France, with the states of the United Netherlands with rational reflections thereon / in a letter from a burgher of Amsterdam, to his friend in the campagne, dated January 30, 1680 : Englished from the French copy.	Burgher of Amsterdam.	1680 (1680)	Wing M1303; ESTC R13806	6,459	8

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