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	william_n	13,106	5	9.6307	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84833	The Lord General's letter to to [sic] the Honorable William Lenthal Esq; Speaker of the Honorable House of Commons, wherein is fully related, the particulars of the fight at Maidstone, where were near three hundred slain, about one thousand three hundred prisoners, five hundred horse, three thousand arms, nine foot colours, and eight pieces of ordnance, with great store of ammunition, taken by the Lord Generals forces. With a relation of certain papers taken from the enemy, of the depth of their plot and engagements. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that this letter be forthwith printed and published. H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.	Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.; Lenthall, William, 1591-1662.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1648 (1648)	Wing F198; Thomason E446_8; ESTC R204421	2,024	8

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