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	king_n	prince_n	12,992	5	5.4530	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19354	Essayes of certaine paradoxes	Cornwallis, William, Sir, d. 1631?; Hidalgo, Gaspar Lucas. Carnestolendas de Castilla.; Passerat, Jean, 1534-1602. Nihil. English.	1616 (1616)	STC 5779; ESTC S105004	28,093	56

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