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	sir_n	william_n	49,973	5	8.6825	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74245	The fourth intelligence from Reading. Dated from his Excellency his quarters in Reading, April the last, at 5 a clock at night. Wherein is the certain relation of the taking of Hereford by Sir William Waller.		1643 (1643)	Thomason E100_7; ESTC P1069	2,780	8

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