Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	bear_v	full_a	great_a	111	3	2.1191	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58844	Scrinia Ceciliana, mysteries of state & government in letters of the late famous Lord Burghley, and other grand ministers of state, in the reigns of Queen Elizabeth, and King James, being a further additional supplement of the Cabala.; Scrinia Ceciliana.	Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.; Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598.; Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586.; Throckmorton, Nicholas, Sir, 1515-1571.	1663 (1663)	Wing S2109; ESTC R10583	213,730	256

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