Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	great_a	king_n	persia_n	1,736	5	10.5071	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32727	A treatise touching the East-Indian trade, or, A discourse (turned out of French into English) concerning the establishment of a French company for the commerce of the East-Indies to which are annexed the articles and conditions, whereupon the said company for the commerce of the East-Indies is established.; Discours d'un fidèle sujet du Roy touchant l'establissement d'une Compagnie françoise pour le commerce des Indes Orientales. English	Charpentier, M. (François), 1620-1702.	1664 (1664)	Wing C3714; ESTC R13405	34,705	70

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