Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	duke_n	earl_n	king_n	56,876	5	4.3554	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03804	Certaine deu[is]es and shewes presented to her Maiestie by the gentlemen of Grayes-Inne at her Highnesse court in Greenewich, the twenty eighth day of Februarie in the thirtieth yeare of her Maiesties most happy raigne	Hughes, Thomas, fl. 1587.; Trotte, Nicholas, Sir, d. 1636.; Fulbeck, William, 1560-1603?	1587 (1587)	STC 13921; ESTC S104286	42,890	57

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