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	england_n	great_a	1,369	4	2.5270	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56244	England's interest, or, A brief discourse of the royal fishery in a letter to a friend.	Puckle, James, 1667?-1724.	1696 (1696)	Wing P4160; ESTC R16404	13,594	42

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