Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	able_a	king_n	prince_n	336	4	5.3382	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89449	The chiefe events of the monarchie of Spaine, in the yeare 1639. / Written by the Marquesse Virgilio Maluezzi, one of his Majesties Councell of Warre. Translated out of th'Italian copy, by Robert Gentilis Gent.; Successi principali della monarchia di Spagna nell'anno M.DC.XXXIX. English.	Malvezzi, Virgilio, marchese, 1595-1653.; Gentilis, Robert.	1647 (1647)	Wing M355; Thomason E1161_1; ESTC R202848	79,537	217

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