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	law_n	statute_n	7,035	5	8.3485	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77534	Two remarkable letters concerning the Kings correspondence with the Irish rebels. The first by Digby in the Kings name to the Irish Commisioners. The second from the Lord Muskery one of those Commissioners in answer to Digby. Also a full state of the Irish negotiation at Oxford now treated, set forth in the rebels propositions, and the Kings particular concessions. Published according to order.	Bristol, George Digby, Earl of, 1612-1677.; Clancarty, Donogh MacCarty, Earl of, 1594-1665.; Bristol, George Digby, Earl of, 1612-1677. Two letters of his sacred Majesty.	1645 (1645)	Wing B4785; Thomason E300_8; ESTC R200255	11,715	16

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