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	robert_n	thomas_n	23,616	5	7.8475	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54668	A congratulatory elegie offered up to the Earle of Essex vpon his investiture with the dignitie of Lord Chamberlaine by Thomas Pilipot ...	Philipot, Thomas, d. 1682.	1641 (1641)	Wing P1993; ESTC R10826	1,899	8

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