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	york_n	13,001	5	9.6505	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A24766	An Account of the araignment, tryal & conviction of James, Lord Preston, for high treason, in conspiring the death of the King and Queen, and endeavouring to bring in the late King James, and betray the nation to the French king at the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily, on Friday and Saturday the 16th and 17th instant, before the Lord Chief Justice, &c. : with the manner of the taking the Lord Preston, Mr. Ashton, Mr. Elliot, &c., and an account of the several treasonable papers and letters, that were found on ship-board : to which is added divers remarkable relations in the life of the said Lord Preston.		1691 (1691)	Wing A237; ESTC R7174	2,423	6

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