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	keep_v	law_n	10,477	5	5.1659	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03724	The ambassador; Ambassadeur. English	Hotman, Jean, seigneur de Villers-Saint-Paul, 1552-1636.; Shawe, James.	1603 (1603)	STC 13848; ESTC S104251	45,449	156

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