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	william_n	17,224	5	9.2051	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90189	A true copy of a letter, sent from the Lord of Inchiquine to the honorable Collonell Michaell Iones, commander in chiefe of the Parliaments forces in Leinster and governor of the citty of Dublin, vvith Colonell Iones his answer, to the Lord of Inchiquines saied letter.	Inchiquin, Murrough O'Brien, Earl of, 1614-1674.; Jones, Michael, d. 1649.	1649 (1649)	Wing O460A; ESTC R223517	1,948	7

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