Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	wood_n	year_n	yield_v	23	3	7.3708	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53222	America : being the latest, and most accurate description of the new vvorld containing the original of the inhabitants, and the remarkable voyages thither, the conquest of the vast empires of Mexico and Peru and other large provinces and territories : with the several European plantations in those parts : also their cities, fortresses, towns, temples, mountains, and rivers : their habits, customs, manners, and religions, their plants, beasts, birds, and serpents : with an appendix containing, besides several other considerable additions, a brief survey of what hath been discover'd of the unknown south-land and the arctick region : collected from most authentick authors, augmented with later observations, and adorn'd with maps and sculptures / by John Ogilby ...	Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.; Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683. Nieuwe en onbekende weereld.	1671 (1671)	Wing O165; ESTC R16958	774,956	643

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himself_o to_o avalon_n to_o inspect_v his_o concern_v there_o in_o person_n from_o whence_o return_v the_o same_o year_n he_o embark_v himself_o again_o together_o with_o his_o lady_n and_o all_o his_o family_n except_o his_o elder_a son_n for_o avalon_n the_o year_n follow_v at_o which_o time_n there_o be_v then_o war_n between_o england_n and_o france_n he_o redeem_v above_o twenty_o sail_n of_o english_a ship_n which_o have_v be_v take_v there_o that_o year_n by_o french_a man_n of_o war_n whereof_o one_o monsieur_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ride_z have_v the_o chief_a command_n and_o short_o after_o take_v six_o french_a fish_v ship_n upon_o that_o coast_n and_o send_v they_o the_o same_o year_n with_o a_o great_a many_o frenchman_n prisoner_n into_o england_n come_v thence_o he_o leave_v a_o deputy_n there_o and_o continue_v the_o plantation_n till_o his_o death_n which_o be_v in_o april_n 1632._o after_o who_o decease_n it_o descend_v of_o right_a to_o his_o son_n and_o heir_n cecil_n 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