Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	ireland_n	king_n	lord_n	18,305	5	4.0686	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65914	The speech of Bulstrode Whitelocke esquire to the right honourable the Lords, at a conference of both Houses on Thursday the seventeenth of February last concerning the propositions then made by divers gentlemen, citizens and others, for the speedy reducing of the Kingdom of Ireland.	Whitlocke, Bulstrode, 1605-1675 or 6.	1642 (1642)	Wing W1992; ESTC R13284	2,866	9

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