Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	county_n	john_n	sir_n	17,852	5	6.7694	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92143	Honour advanced: or, A briefe account of the long keeping, and late leaving of the close at Liechfield, being a full relation of all the passages worthy observation during the whole time of the siege; as also of the honourable tearmes upon which it was resigned. Together with the names of those valiant commanders who have done this service both for church and state; some of them unexperienced in warre, yet all couragious for the truth. By Captaine John Randolph, a commander, and eye-witnesser in the said close.	Randolph, John, Captain.	1643 (1643)	Wing R239; Thomason E99_28; ESTC R20381	3,176	8

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