Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	john_n	king_n	lord_n	19,972	5	4.1650	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88251	The second letter from John Lilburn Esquire, prisoner in Newgate to the Right Honourable John Fowke, Lord Major of the city of London.	Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.	1653 (1653)	Wing L2179; Thomason E706_5; ESTC R211024	2,233	7

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