Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	richard_n	robert_n	sir_n	23,398	5	6.3413	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54365	The substance of the information of Richard Perkin of Shutborrow, in the county of Stafford taken upon oath at Stafford Assizes 1679 by Sir Robert Atkyns knight, then one of the judges for that circuit.	Perkin, Richard, 17th cent.	1681 (1681)	Wing P1541; ESTC R8776	2,686	10

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