Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	ability_n	able_a	kingdom_n	23	3	5.0166	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16156	Donzella desterrada. Or, The banish'd virgin. VVritten originally in Italian: by Cavalier Gio. Francesco Biondi, Gentleman Extraordinary of his Majesties Privy Chamber. Divided into three bookes: and Englished by I.H. of Graies Inne, Gent; Donzella desterrada. English	Biondi, Giovanni Francesco, Sir, 1572-1644.; Hayward, James, of Gray's Inn.	1635 (1635)	STC 3074; ESTC S107083	279,563	246

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