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	lord_n	scotland_n	6,987	5	7.9748	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74936	The speech of His Higness the Lord Protector, to the Parliament, upon his dissolving of the House on Munday last, being the 22. of this instant January; with the grounds and reasons thereof and a declaration to be p[u]blished to all the people in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Also, a declaration of the manner of the Parliaments proceedings immediately before their breaking up; read and assented to by the Members.	Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.; England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell); England and Wales. Parliament.	1655 (1655)	Wing C7170A; Thomason E826_4; ESTC R207698	1,543	8

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