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	know_v	see_v	13,508	5	3.0978	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38905	An exact and true table of the fees of the chief, or head-searcher, and of His Majesties five under-searchers in the port of London, established by the Commons in Parliament, anno 14 Car. 2 together with an account of the several laws and statutes that forbid them to exact, require, or receive, any other or greater fee of any merchant or other person whatsoever, than the several fees here under-specified, and the penalty and punishment of those searchers or officers that shall act contrary to the said laws / collected for the benefit of all persons, as well merchants as others, trading in the port of London.	England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1680 (1680)	Wing E3627; ESTC R3447	2,745	1

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