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
B08400	Seasonable motives. To our duty and allegiance / (by a lover of the peace of New-England) ; offer'd to the consideration of his neighbours & country-men.	A. B.	1689 (1689)	Wing B29A; ESTC W2998	3,573	2

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