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	lord_n	sir_n	20,088	5	6.7459	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63469	The True copys of several letters from Portsmouth directed by Col. Sir Arthur Haslerig, Col. Herbert Morley, Col. Valentine Walton, commissioners by act of Parliament for governing the armies, to the Lord Fleetwood at Wallingford-house, with the Lord Fleetwoods answers thereunto : also, their several letters to ... the Lord Mayor, alderman and common-council of the city of London together with their letters from Portsmouth, to the several militia's appointed by act of Parliament, for the cities of London, Westminster and Borrough of Southwark and their answers there unto.	Hesilrige, Arthur, Sir, d. 1661.; Morley, Herbert, 1616-1667.; Walton, Valentine, d. 1661?; Fleetwood, Charles, d. 1692.	1659 (1659)	Wing T2609; ESTC R21262	11,119	16

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