Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	house_n	young_a	youth_n	17	3	7.3345	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61941	The coppy of a letter written to the Lower Hovse of Parliament touching divers grievances and inconveniences of the state &c.	Suckling, John, Sir, 1609-1642.	1641 (1641)	Wing S6124; ESTC R318	12,954	26

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