Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	great_a	king_n	queen_n	12,510	5	6.9352	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49683	The Late plot on the fleet, detected with the Jacobites memorial to the French king, and an account of those gentlemen who invited the French fleet to invade our English coasts &c.		1689 (1689)	Wing L555; ESTC R24426	5,559	6

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