Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	according_a	custom_n	law_n	1,423	5	4.7443	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95270	A true relation of the severall negotiations which have pass'd between his Majesty the King of Svveden and His Highness the Elector of Brandenburgh. Translated out of French.; True relation of the several negotiations which have passed between his Majesty the King of Sweden. English	Charles X Gustav, King of Sweden, 1622-1660.; Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, 1620-1688.	1659 (1659)	Wing T3045; ESTC R232949	45,496	63

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