Selected quad for the lemma: king_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
king_n	duke_n	earl_n	edward_n	26,573	5	8.3040	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42646	Elogium heroinum, or, The praise of worthy women written by C.G., Gent.	C. G. (Charles Gerbier)	1651 (1651)	Wing G583; ESTC R7654	34,740	214

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