Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	duty_n	lord_n	servant_n	4,270	5	6.7893	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44417	A sermon preach'd before the King and Queen at White-Hall, January XIV. 1693/4 by Geo. Hooper.	Hooper, George, 1640-1727.	1694 (1694)	Wing H2708; ESTC R26068	13,466	36

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