Selected quad for the lemma: peace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
peace_n	blood_n	goodness_n	great_a	53	3	2.1004	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56565	A pastoral letter from the four Catholic bishops to the lay-Catholics of England	Leyburn, John, 1620-1702.; Giffard, Bonaventure, 1642-1734.; Smith, James, 1645-1711.; Ellis, Philip, 1652-1726.	1688 (1688)	Wing P675; ESTC R13713	3,709	9

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