Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	king_n	reign_n	year_n	25,133	5	5.1696	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35624	The Case of many Protestants in the county of Cambridge humbly tendred to the consideration of the present Parliament		1681 (1681)	Wing C945A; ESTC R24731	1,618	1

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