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	lord_n	people_n	7,099	5	4.7514	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57812	The cry of the oppressed for justice: or, The case of Thomas Rudd Who was imprisioned and whipped through several streets of the town of Leverpool, in the County of Lancaster, by the order of the then mayor of the said town, for going through the streets thereof, and exhorting the people to fear God. With a letter written by the said Thomas Rudd, to Thomas Sweeting, mayor of Leverpool.	Rudd, Thomas, d. 1719.	1700 (1700)	Wing R2171A; ESTC R218480	3,006	11

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