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
A88176	A discourse betwixt Lieutenant Colonel Iohn Lilburn close prisoner in the Tower of London, and Mr Hugh Peter: upon May 25. 1649. Published by a friend, for the publick benefit	Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.; Peters, Hugh, 1598-1660.	1649 (1649)	Wing L2100; ESTC R9855	7,247	8

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