Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	esq_n	honourable_a	thomas_n	11,004	5	9.8448	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89480	The affliction and deliverance of the saints or, The whole booke of Iob composed into English heroicall verse metaphrastically. / By Thomas Manley Iun. Esq;	Manley, Thomas, 1628-1690.; Cross, Thomas, fl. 1632-1682, engraver.	1652 (1652)	Wing M441; Thomason E1318_2; ESTC R202853	46,895	111

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