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	richard_n	william_n	19,666	5	9.1728	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67906	Bentivolio and Urania in four bookes / by N.I. D.D.	Ingelo, Nathaniel, 1621?-1683.	1660 (1660)	Wing I175; ESTC R16505	565,427	738

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