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	france_n	french_a	832	4	6.6052	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34888	The reply of W.C.	Carter, W. (William)	1677 (1677)	Wing C676E; ESTC R4126	19,955	55

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