Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	esq_n	john_n	thomas_n	12,606	5	10.4141	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42027	Ayres and dialogues (to be sung to the theorbo-lute or bass-viol) John Gamble.	Gamble, John, d. 1687.	1657 (1657)	Wing G187; ESTC R9182	25,564	96

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