Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	honourable_a	majesty_n	privy_a	10,396	5	9.6495	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78355	Archerie reviv'd: a poetical essay, penn'd upon occasion of the intended muster of the Company of Archers in Scotland, June 11. 1677	W. C.	1677 (1677)	Wing C145; ESTC R232657	7,893	26

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