Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	french_a	great_a	king_n	16,597	5	4.3459	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46462	The Late K. James's commission to his privateers to ravage, plunder, burn, sink, and destroy all the ships and goods of the people of England, Scotland, and Ireland : with remarks thereupon.	James II, King of England, 1633-1701. To our trusty and well-beloved, Captain Patrick Lambert.	1692 (1692)	Wing J155A; ESTC R37009	2,355	2

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