Selected quad for the lemma: king_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
king_n	wit_n	world_n	worthy_a	47	3	5.8865	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16309	Nero Cæsar, or Monarchie depraued An historicall worke. Dedicated, with leaue, to the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Admirall. By the translator of Lucius Florus.	Bolton, Edmund, 1575?-1633?; Delaram, Francis, 1589 or 90-1627, engraver.	1624 (1624)	STC 3221; ESTC S107099	147,362	336

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