Selected quad for the lemma: peace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
peace_n	army_n	king_n	time_n	2,640	5	3.4054	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23712	Absalom's rebellion as it is recorded in the 2. Sam. chap. 15, 16, 17, 18, & 19, with some observations upon the severall passages thereof, too [sic] fit a patterne for the present times, whereinto we are fallen.		1645 (1645)	Wing A111; ESTC R6866	5,994	11

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