Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	honourable_a	lord_n	majesty_n	6,249	5	6.8359	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62780	To the King's Most Excellent Majesty, together with the Honourable Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament the husbandman's advocate.	Husbandman's advocate.; William III, King of England, 1650-1702.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1690 (1690)	Wing T1557; ESTC R16806	5,162	8

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