Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	lord_n	sir_n	treasurer_n	4,367	5	11.0593	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28613	The cities great concern in this case of question of honour and arms whether apprentiship extinguisheth gentry discoursed : with a clear refutation of the pernicious error that it doth.	Bolton, Edmund, 1575?-1633?; Philipot, John, 1589?-1645.	1674 (1674)	Wing B3505; ESTC R37123	30,025	126

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