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
A67546	The speech of the Right Honourable Sir Patience Warde, Lord Mayor elect at Guild-Hall, London, September 29, 1680 being the day of his election : together with the speech of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Clayton, Knight, the present Lord Mayor of London.	Ward, Patience, Sir, 1629-1696.; Clayton, Robert, Sir, 1629-1707.	1680 (1680)	Wing W794; ESTC R14925	2,827	4

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