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	send_v	10,579	5	5.5243	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69356	A Copie of a lettre sent to preachers		1548 (1548)	STC 9181.5; ESTC S397	2,350	16

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