Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	high_a	lord_n	privy_a	2,935	5	10.5102	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27900	The Book of Psalms paraphras'd. The second volume with arguments to each Psalm / by Symon Patrick.	Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707.	1680 (1680)	Wing B2538; ESTC R23694	225,351	625

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