Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	earl_n	general_n	sir_n	12,996	5	6.4510	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66746	Campo-musæ, or The field-musings of Captain George VVither touching his military ingagement for the King ann [sic] Parliament, the justnesse of the same, and the present distractions of these islands.	Wither, George, 1588-1667.	1643 (1643)	Wing W3145; ESTC R222288	41,516	83

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