Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	bread_n	eat_v	let_v	11,805	5	5.9138	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B10044	A testimony concerning the life and death of William Sixmith, being sent with the following matter to London, in order to be made publick.	Sixmith, William, 1655 or 6-1677.; Sixmith, Bryan, d. 1679.	1678 (1678)	Wing S3923B; ESTC R184261	13,685	28

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