Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	henry_n	king_n	reign_v	3,722	5	9.2954	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48302	Lex talionis, or, An enquiry into the most proper ways to prevent the persecution of the Protestants in France	Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.	1698 (1698)	Wing L1863; ESTC R33482	14,039	32

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