Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	charles_n	earl_n	viscount_n	14,908	5	11.7517	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40454	A narrative of the settlement and sale of Ireland whereby the just English adventurer is much prejudiced, the antient proprietor destroyed, and publick faith violated : to the great discredit of the English church, and government, (if not re-called and made void) as being against the principles of Christianity, and true Protestancy / written in a letter by a gentleman in the country to a noble-man at court.; Narrative of the Earl of Clarendon's settlement and sale of Ireland	French, Nicholas, 1604-1678.	1668 (1668)	Wing F2180; ESTC R6963	22,216	32

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