Selected quad for the lemma: peace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
peace_n	duke_n	king_n	savoy_n	2,090	5	11.6019	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64290	The history of the negotiation of the ambassadors sent to the Duke of Savoy by the Protestant cantons of Switzerland concerning the Vaudois translated from the original copy printed in Switzerland.; Histoire l'ambassade envoyée en 1686 par les Suisses au duc de Savoye. English	Teissier, Antoine, 1632-1715.	1690 (1690)	Wing T621; ESTC R10139	48,318	70

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