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	king_n	see_v	11,837	5	3.6230	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40850	The Famous flower of serving-men, or, The Lady turn'd serving-man		1600 (1600)	Wing F370; ESTC R14853	1,705	2

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