Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	king_n	kingdom_n	parliament_n	13,713	5	6.7409	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58574	Act of Parliament and Commission, anent the excise and the collecting thereof, 29. July 1644; Laws, etc.	Scotland.; Scotland. Parliament.	1644 (1644)	Wing S1120; ESTC R12766	15,783	20

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