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	prince_n	24,028	5	5.5539	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78229	The case of the army soberly discussed.		1647 (1647)	Wing C1013; Thomason E396_10; ESTC R201646	4,399	9

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