Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	city_n	london_n	mayor_n	10,714	5	9.7889	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42529	Charity triumphant, or, The virgin-shew exhibited on the 29th of October, 1655, being the Lord Mayor Day.	Gayton, Edmund, 1608-1666.	1655 (1655)	Wing G407; ESTC R4423	2,453	10

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