Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	sir_n	thomas_n	viscount_n	19,321	5	11.6002	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15466	A briefe discourse of vvarre. VVritten by Sir Roger VVilliams Knight; vvith his opinion concerning some parts of the martiall discipline. Newly perused	Williams, Roger, Sir, 1540?-1595.	1590 (1590)	STC 25733; ESTC S120635	36,291	65

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