Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	house_n	john_n	sir_n	15,272	5	5.9960	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74964	A letter from a minister in His Excellence his army, to a brother of his in London, by way of prevention to Mercurius Aulicus and his complices. Dated from my lord generalls quarter before Reading. April 18. 1643.	Bowles, Edward, 1613-1662.	1643 (1643)	Wing B3872A; Thomason E99_1; ESTC R10436	2,046	8

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