Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	foot_n	length_n	perch_n	1,311	5	14.4050	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66356	Virginia, more especially the south part thereof, richly and truly valued viz. the fertile Carolana, and no lesse excellent Isle of Roanoak, of latitude from 31 to 37 degr. relating the meanes of raysing infinite profits to the adventurers and planters.	Williams, Edward, fl. 1650.; Ferrar, John, d. 1657.; Goddard, John, fl. 1645-1671.	1650 (1650)	Wing W2658; ESTC R38621	104,275	151

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