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	thomas_n	treasurer_n	2,960	5	10.7558	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54420	The Syracusan tyrant, or, The life of Agathocles with some reflexions on the practices of our modern usurpers.; Syracusan tyrant	Perrinchief, Richard, 1623?-1673.	1661 (1661)	Wing P1608; ESTC R16938	130,191	299

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