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	richard_n	sir_n	21,631	5	7.8335	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06826	A pleasant new ballad of the Miller of Mansfield, in Sherwood and of King Henry the second, and how he was lodged in the millers house, and of their pleasant communication To the tune of, The French Lavolta.; Pleasant ballad of King Henry II. and the miller of Mansfield.		1640 (1640)	STC 17262; ESTC S120074	4,450	2

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