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	london_n	sir_n	15,340	5	6.1424	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74778	Sir VVillam [sic] Balfores letter of March 30. 1644. to His Excellency the Earl of Essex Ld Generall· It is his Exellencies pleasure that this letter be forth-with printed. Jo. Baldwin secretary to his Excellency.	Balfour, William, Sir, d. 1660.; Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1591-1646.	1644 (1644)	Thomason E40_13; ESTC R3423	1,147	8

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