Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	john_n	majesty_n	sir_n	6,534	5	7.0406	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64297	The copie of a letter from Dvblin in Ireland, dated march 29, 1642 by Sir John Temple Knight ..., written to D. Temple, D. of divinity and pastor of battersey, neare London : relating the manner of taking the castle of Carrick-Maine, six miles from Dublin, by Sir Simon Harcourt and some English under his command : together with the manner of his hurt and death withsome other passages.	Temple, John, Sir, 1600-1677.	1642 (1642)	Wing T626; ESTC R2872	2,773	7

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