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
A80473	A copie of a letter sent from a gentleman in his Majesties army to an especiall friend in London: containing a true relation of his Majesties army since their removall from Oxford, to the 16. of this present Novemb. 1642.		1642 (1642)	Wing C6139; ESTC R231646	2,557	10

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