Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	henry_n	john_n	william_n	13,262	5	8.6969	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29710	A letter sent to Mr. Speaker, from the commissioners in the county of Essex, concerning the militia together with a relation of diverse passages in Ireland, sent over in a letter.	Barrington, Thomas, Sir.; Brookhaven, John.	1642 (1642)	Wing B4971; ESTC R20819	2,478	8

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