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
A87340	An impartial character of that famous polititian and late admired minister of state, Cardinal Mazarine		1661 (1661)	Wing I81; Thomason E1085_4; ESTC R208051	6,870	12

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