Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	chief_a	john_n	sir_n	17,976	5	6.4565	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63184	The tryal of Nathanael Thompson, John Farewell, William Pain before the Right Honourable Sir Fran. Pemberton, Kt., Lord Chief Justice of England, by nisi prius at Guild-Hall, London, the twentieth of June, 1682, for writing and publishing scandalous letters to Mr. Miles Prance, in relation to the death of Sir Edmund-bury Godfrey	Thompson, Nathaniel, d. 1687, defendant.; Pemberton, Francis, Sir, 1624-1697.; Prance, Miles, fl. 1678-1689, defendant.; Paine, William, defendant.; Farwell, John, defendant.; England and Wales. Court of King's Bench.	1682 (1682)	Wing T2206; ESTC R22848	10,973	17

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