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
A82300	The speech of the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Warrington, upon his being sworn mayor of Chester in Novenber [sic] 1691.	Warrington, Henry Booth, Earl of, 1652-1694.	1691 (1691)	Wing D881A; ESTC R221151	2,226	2

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