Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	knight_n	sir_n	viscount_n	16,070	5	12.0091	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66522	A relation of the battell fought by the forces of the King and Parliament the Marquis of Ormond being generall, and the Lord Vicount Lisle lieutenant generall of the horse, against the bloody rebels in Ireland neer Old Rosse, and not far from Doncannon in the year 1642 / written by Sir Francis Willoughby ...	Willoughby of Parham, Francis Willoughby, Baron, 1613?-1666.	1648 (1648)	Wing W2861; ESTC R38660	4,745	9

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