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	son_n	viscount_n	13,692	5	11.9398	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63183	The triall of Mr Mordaunt, second son to John Earl of Peterburgh at the pretended High Court of Justice in Westminster-Hall, the first and second of June, 1658. With some passages before and after it.	T. W.	1661 (1661)	Wing T2203A; ESTC R221779	18,091	51

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