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	henry_n	howard_n	15,468	5	12.4371	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04581	Nova Britannia offering most excellent fruites by planting in Virginia : exciting all such as be well affected to further the same.	Johnson, Robert, fl. 1586-1626.	1609 (1609)	STC 14699.5; ESTC S889	22,243	35

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