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	peace_n	time_n	6,745	5	3.7333	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30963	A letter from Colonel Barkestead, Colonel Okey, and Miles Corbet, to their friends in the congregated churches in London with the manner of their apprehension.	Barkstead, John, d. 1662.; Corbet, Miles, d. 1662.; Okey, John, d. 1662.	1662 (1662)	Wing B814; ESTC R9050	3,379	9

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