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	hand_n	time_n	10,245	5	3.4280	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84096	A precious and most divine letter from that famous and ever to be renowned Earl of Essex, (father to the now Lord Generall his excellence) to the Earl of South-Hampton, in the latter time of Queen Elizabeths reigne. Printed according to order.	Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1566-1601.	1643 (1643)	Wing E3308; Thomason E250_1; ESTC R187964	3,247	10

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