Selected quad for the lemma: order_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	according_a	employ_v	great_a	124	3	2.1242	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46392	A Just vindication of the principal officers of His Majesties ordnance from the false and scandalous aspersions laid upon them in a printed libel entituled An exact relation of the several engagements and actions of His Majesties fleet, under the command of His Highness Prince Rupert, in the summers expedition, 1673.		1674 (1674)	Wing J1244; ESTC R36215	3,250	9

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