Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	day_n	great_a	word_n	11,193	5	3.8155	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09639	Pyers plowmans exhortation, vnto the lordes, knightes and burgoysses of the Parlyamenthouse		1550 (1550)	STC 19905; ESTC S104321	9,690	25

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