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	sir_n	william_n	10,508	5	8.2906	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54871	A full relation of the taking of Roche Castle together with St. Patricks Cathedral, a place of great strength, wherein were put to the sword seven hundred rebels and many priests and friers : as also the taking in of many other places, all which was performed by the army under the command of the Lord Inchiquin, Lord President of the province of Munster in Ireland / sent in a letter from Colonel Alexander Pigot to a commander of note in this city.	Pigot, Alexander.; Inchiquin, Murrough O'Brien, Earl of, 1614-1674.	1647 (1647)	Wing P2218A; ESTC R28439	2,934	9

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