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	people_n	see_v	12,123	5	3.4423	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49657	A true and faithful narrative of the late barbarous cruelties and hard usages, exercised by the Frenh against Protestants at Rochel, after their meeting at the market-place there, by order of the intendant of that province ar [sic] it was faithfully related by a person of good crehit, that has made made [sic] his escape from thence, and arrived at London on the 24th of September last.	P. L.	1681 (1681)	Wing L51; ESTC R8722	3,276	4

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