Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	council_n	majesty_n	privy_a	11,336	5	9.5907	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69577	A paraphrase upon the Canticles, and some select hymns of the New and Old Testament with other occasional compositions in English verse / by Samuel Woodford ...	Woodford, Samuel, 1636-1700.	1679 (1679)	Wing B2632A; ESTC R15089	141,006	356

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