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	thomas_n	9,339	5	7.8477	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77405	A briefe-answere, to the late-resolves of the Commons assembled in Parliament, concerning ministers, their preaching and praying.		1649 (1649)	Wing B4546; Thomason E566_1; ESTC R206176	7,203	11

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