Selected quad for the lemma: peace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
peace_n	county_n	justice_n	parish_n	2,061	5	9.3170	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82268	The declarations and humble representations of the officers and souldiers in Colonel Scroops Colonel Sanders Col. Wautons regiment· Presented to his Excellency the Lord General Fairfax. As also the remonstrance of the souldiers belonging to the garisons of Arundel and Rye, and the officers and souldiers of Chichester.	Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.	1648 (1648)	Wing D803; Thomason E475_24; ESTC R204443	5,654	8

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