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	power_n	time_n	6,491	5	3.6673	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60710	Sober and seasonable queries humbly offered to all good Protestants in England in order to a choice of the new Parliament		1679 (1679)	Wing S4403; ESTC R14618	10,212	16

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