Selected quad for the lemma: parliament_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
parliament_n	house_n	sir_n	speaker_n	2,549	5	10.4591	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87240	A letter to the Honorable William Lenthal Esquire, speaker of the Honorable House of Commons: concerning the late successful proceedings of the Lord Inchiquine in the kingdom of Ireland. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that this letter be forthwith printed and published. H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.	Inchiquin, Murrough O'Brien, Earl of, 1614-1674.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1647 (1647)	Wing I132; Thomason E409_7; ESTC R202598	2,079	8

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