Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	body_n	heir_n	tail_n	3,829	5	10.3007	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72256	To the honourable, the knights, citizens, and burgesses of the Commons House of Parliament The humble petition of Ierom Hawley Esquire, for and on the behalfe of Phillip Sture an infant, the sonne and heire of Tristram Sture.	Hawley, Jerome, b. 1588 or 9.	1621 (1621)	STC 12967.5; ESTC S124988	2,422	1

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