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	sovereign_a	12,705	5	9.8164	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39341	A clergy-man of the Church of England his vindication of himself for reading His Majesties late declaration. With allowance.	Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707.	1688 (1688)	Wing E665; ESTC R214796	1,656	2

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