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	time_n	year_n	23,396	5	4.9641	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25310	The amours of Messalina, late queen of Albion in which are briefly couch'd secrets of the imposture of the Cambrion prince, the Gothick league, and other court intrigues of the four last years reign, not yet made publick / by a woman of quality, a late confident of Q. Messalina.	Woman of quality, fl. 1689-1690.; Leti, Gregorio, 1630-1701.	1689 (1689)	Wing A3023; ESTC R38616	66,775	132

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