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	john_n	king_n	50,169	5	4.1692	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95357	The speech of John Earl of Tullibardine His Majesties High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland, on Tuesday the eight [sic] of September, 1696.	Atholl, John Murray, Duke of, 1660-1724.; Marchmont, Patrick Hume, Earl of, 1641-1724.; Scotland. Parliament. Proceedings. 1696-09-08.	1696 (1696)	Wing T3234; ESTC R215009	3,170	4

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