Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	great_a	king_n	kingdom_n	17,804	5	5.6893	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80507	The coppy of a letter written to the lower house of Parliament touching divers grievances and inconveniences of the state &c.		1641 (1641)	Wing C6176A; Thomason E167_9; ESTC R318	12,938	26

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