Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	alderman_n	john_n	sir_n	4,731	5	7.5899	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73454	[Relation of sixtene martyrs glorified in England in twelve moneths] [with a declaration, that English catholiques suffer for the catholique religion, and that the seminarie priests agree with the Jesuites / by Thomas Worthington]	Worthington, Thomas, 1549-1627.	1601 (1601)	STC 26000.9; ESTC S5341	46,158	101

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