Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	great_a	lord_n	servant_n	6,565	5	6.4913	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87745	A reply to a most untrue relation made and set forth in print by certaine vintners, in excuse of their wine project.	Kilvert, Richard, d. 1649.	1641 (1641)	Wing K478; Thomason E175_10; ESTC R14837	6,821	24

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