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	william_n	145,713	5	9.2043	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87268	The copy of a letter sent from a person of much honour and reason, accidentally present at that hot encounter betwixt the forces under the command of the Lord Goring, Earle of Norwich, and Sir Charles Lucas of the Royall Party, and those under the command of the Lord Fairfax of the Parliaments party, on the 13. of Iune, in the suburbs of Colchester.	C. I.	1648 (1648)	Wing I2; Thomason E448_15	3,136	8

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