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	lord_n	parliament_n	6,708	5	6.4974	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50571	The speech of His Grace George Earl of Melvill, Their Majesties High Commissioner, at the opening of the second session of the first Parliament of Their Majesties ancient kingdom of Scotland, the 15th of April	Melville, George Melville, Earl of, 1634?-1707.	1690 (1690)	Wing M1652; ESTC R17027	2,101	6

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