Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	bishop_n	king_n	parliament_n	11,851	5	6.7308	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87490	A letter of advice to His Excellency the Lord General Monck, tending to the peace and welfare of this nation.	Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670.; Jennings, Theodore.	1660 (1660)	Wing J38; Thomason E1013_23; ESTC R202645	2,033	8

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