Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	baron_n	earl_n	king_n	15,398	5	3.8090	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16302	The true copies of sundrie letters concerning the affaires of Bohemia, as they haue beene seuerally writen in High Dutch, Latine and French, to princes, and other men of account. Newly translated and printed	Saincte Foy, François de.; Christian II, Elector of Saxony, 1583-1611.; Bethlen, Gábor, Prince of Transylvania, 1580-1629.	1620 (1620)	STC 3214; ESTC S121080	17,678	44

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