Selected quad for the lemma: king_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
king_n	england_n	france_n	french_a	29,770	5	7.7778	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60865	Some short remarks upon the present state of affairs in a letter to a member of the Honourable House of Commons		1692 (1692)	Wing S4617; ESTC R11546	5,289	12

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