Selected quad for the lemma: honour_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
honour_n	john_n	lord_n	marry_v	1,825	5	9.4004	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51463	The history of the crusade, or, The expeditions of the Christian princes for the conquest of the Holy Land written originally in French, by the fam'd Mounsieur Maimbourg ; Englished by John Nalson.; Histoire des Croisades. English	Maimbourg, Louis, 1610-1686.; Nalson, John, 1638?-1686.	1685 (1685)	Wing M290; ESTC R6888	646,366	432

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