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	sir_n	thomas_n	51,684	5	10.1747	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11366	The tvvo most vvorthy and notable histories which remaine vnmained to posterity (viz:) the conspiracie of Cateline, vndertaken against the gouernment of the Senate of Rome, and the vvarre which Iugurth for many yeares maintained against the same state. Both written by C.C. Salustius.; Bellum Catilinae. English	Sallust, 86-34 B.C.; Sallust, 86-34 B.C. Bellum Jugurthinum. English. aut; Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641.	1609 (1609)	STC 21625; ESTC S116620	153,941	206

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