Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	colonel_n	sir_n	thomas_n	16,547	5	9.4595	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34466	A letter sent from a gentleman to Mr. Henry Martin Esquire, a member of the House of Commons from Worcester this 19. of Octob. 1642 who was imployed by His Excellence to deliver a letter to the Earle of Dorset with the votes of both Houses of Parliament concerning a petition to be delivered to His Majestie : shewing the desperate resolution of the cavalliers, who sweare they will neither give nor take quarter.	Copley, Lionel.	1642 (1642)	Wing C6085; ESTC R27917	3,491	10

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