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	letter_n	patent_n	4,082	5	10.2279	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46605	James the Second, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the faith, &c. ... Whereas by our letters patents, bearing date the fifth day of March, in the second year of our reign, we were pleased to signifie our royal pleasure, to all our loving subjects, on the behalf of the distressed French Protestants, ...; Proclamations. 1688-01-31	England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II)	1688 (1688)	Wing J402; ESTC R223699	4,092	1

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