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	see_v	19,681	5	3.7569	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76756	A brief relation of the beginning and ending of the troubles of the Barbados, with the true causes thereof. / Set forth by A.B. a diligent observor of the times.	A. B.	1653 (1653)	Wing B3; Thomason E708_5; ESTC R207130	7,007	12

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