Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	david_n	john_n	sir_n	15,104	5	6.8223	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25666	The Anti-projector, or, The history of the Fen project		1646 (1646)	Wing A3504; ESTC R27192	7,788	9

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