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	honourable_a	right_n	13,405	5	6.9102	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59190	L. Annaeus Seneca's Troas a tragedy / translated from the Latine by J. Ta.; Troades. English	Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.; Talbot, James, d. 1708.	1686 (1686)	Wing S2529; ESTC R10479	20,823	53

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