Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	alexander_n	john_n	sir_n	7,639	5	7.2780	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34498	Copy of a pape [sic] presented in the year, 1681, to the then Duke of York vvhilst he was in Scotland; entituled, Considerations on the Scots Mint; and of a commission granted under the Great-Seal, in the year, 1682. by King Charles the Second, for the tryal of the mint; and of the reports made thereon: together with the copies of His Majesties several missive letters, containing his approbation, and further determination thereanent; faithfully transcribed from the originals.		1691 (1691)	Wing C6183B; ESTC R215455	28,778	48

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