Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	anthony_n	sir_n	thomas_n	4,296	5	8.8389	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02454	The historie of Edvvard the Fourth, King of England. By Wm. Habington Esquire	Habington, William, 1605-1654.; Elstracke, Renold, fl. 1590-1630, engraver.	1640 (1640)	STC 12586; ESTC S120588	129,268	238

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