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	parliament_n	people_n	10,128	5	5.0293	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94636	To the Right Honourable the Lords of the higher house of Parliament the humble petition of many thousands of the inhabitants of Norwich.		1642 (1642)	Wing T1661; Thomason 669.f.6[54]; ESTC R212419	2,068	1

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