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	sir_n	time_n	13,602	5	3.8886	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48067	A letter from Lucifer to his Roman agents N.T., W.P., J.F., & R.L., Sir Edmond-bury Godfrey's back-friends		1682 (1682)	Wing L1488; ESTC R30941	4,092	6

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