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	richard_n	15,475	5	9.2713	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26147	A treatise of the true and ancient jurisdiction of the House of Peers by Sir Robert Atkyns ...	Atkyns, Robert, Sir, 1621-1709.	1699 (1699)	Wing A4144; ESTC R31568	35,905	42

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