Selected quad for the lemma: house_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
house_n	bishop_n	black_a	white_a	299,991	5	12.8409	5	true
house_n	bishop_n	black_a	white_a	299,991	5	12.8409	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85672	The game at chesse. A metaphoricall discourse shewing the present estate of this kingdome. The kings, the queenes, the bishops, the knights, the rooks, the pawns. The knights signifie the high Court of Parliament; the rookes, the cavaleers.	Cartwright, William, 1611-1643, attributed name.	1643 (1643)	Wing G188; Thomason E88_2; ESTC R21326	3,435	9

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