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	queen_n	richard_n	4,722	5	9.3421	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02339	Two guides to a good life The genealogy of vertue and the nathomy of sinne. Liuely displaying the worth of one, and the vanity of the other.; Anathomie of sinne.	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656, attributed name.; Humfrey, Richard, attributed name.	1604 (1604)	STC 12466; ESTC S118647	67,276	265

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