Selected quad for the lemma: king_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
king_n	abandon_v	army_n	ptolemy_n	38	3	13.3114	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35247	The strange and prodigious religions, customs and manners of sundry nations containing I. their ridiculous rites and ceremonies in the worship of their several deities, II. the various changes of the Jewish religion ... , III. the rise and growth of Mahometanism ... , IV. the schisms and heresies in the Christian church being an account of ... Adamites, Muggletonians &c. all intermingled with pleasant relations of the fantastical rites both of the ancients and moderns in the celebration of their marriages and solemnizations of their funerals &c / by R.D.	R. B., 1632?-1725?	1683 (1683)	Wing C7348; ESTC R29494	158,336	237

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