Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	acre_n	aforesaid_a	pasture_n	1,972	5	11.6628	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58148	The revolution in New England justified and the people there vindicated from the aspersions cast upon them by Mr. John Palmer in his pretended answer to the declaration published by the inhabitants of Boston and the country adjacent, on the day when they secured their late oppressors, who acted by an illegal and arbitrary commission from the late King James.	Rawson, Edward, 1615-1693.; Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730.; Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.	1691 (1691)	Wing R376; ESTC W479499	38,176	56

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and_o in_o another_o to_o the_o same_o june_n 21._o 1688._o he_o have_v these_o word_n i_o go_v to_o one_o shirt_n town-clerk_n of_o pemyquid_a to_o know_v what_o lease_n be_v make_v late_o and_o by_o who_o and_o for_o what_o quit_v rend_v he_o tell_v i_o that_o above_o a_o year_n ago_o captain_n palmer_n and_o mr._n west_n produce_v to_o they_o a_o commission_n from_o colonel_n dungar_n to_o dispose_v of_o all_o their_o land_n to_o whoever_o will_v take_v lease_n at_o five_o shilling_n the_o hundred_o acre_n quit_v rend_v they_o let_v there_o and_o at_o a_o place_n call_v dartmouth_n twelve_o or_o sixteen_o mile_n distant_a from_o pemyquid_a about_o one_o hundred_o and_o forty_o lease_n some_o have_v eight_o hundred_o or_o ten_o hundred_o acre_n few_o less_o than_o a_o hundred_o