Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	assemble_v	king_n	parliament_n	11,796	5	6.7701	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79453	The Cheshire petition for establishing of the Common-Prayer-Booke, and suppression of Schismatiques, presented to the Kings Majestie, and from him recommended to the House of Peers by the Lord Keeper. To the Kings most Excellent Majestie, and to the right honourable the Lords, and the Honourable the House of Commons assembled in Parliament. The humble petition of divers of the nobility, Iustices, gentry, ministers, freeholders, and other inhabitants of the County Palatine of Chester, whose names are nominated in the schedule annexed.		1642 (1642)	Wing C3783; Thomason 669.f.4[74]; ESTC R210302	1,137	1

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