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	william_n	39,975	5	8.2172	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31619	The Constitution of the Office of Land-Credit, declared in a deed by Hugh Chamberlen, Senior ... and others ... ; inrolled in chancery, Anno Dom. 1696.	Chamberlen, Hugh.	1696 (1696)	Wing C1871; ESTC R8410	26,929	18

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