Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	hold_v	king_n	licence_n	1,380	5	10.3971	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80543	The Copy-holders plea against the excess of fines, uncertain exacted of them by their lords upon their admittance.		1653 (1653)	Wing C6240; Thomason E724_4; Thomason E830_1; ESTC R207260	6,173	11

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