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	time_n	1,064	4	2.9059	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60711	A Sober and seasonable vindication of the modest presbytery		1660 (1660)	Wing S4404; ESTC R10521	1,443	1

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