Selected quad for the lemma: king_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
king_n	able_a	day_n	great_a	1,452	4	2.5537	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16304	Orlando inamorato the three first bookes of that famous noble gentleman and learned poet, Mathew Maria Boiardo Earle of Scandiano in Lombardie. Done into English heroicall verse, by R.T. Gentleman; Orlando innamorato. Selections. English	Boiardo, Matteo Maria, 1440 or 41-1494.; Tofte, Robert, 1561-1620.	1598 (1598)	STC 3216; ESTC S110501	32,736	70

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