Selected quad for the lemma: peace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
peace_n	king_n	parliament_n	treaty_n	2,836	5	9.4232	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A83743	A letter from the House of Commons assembled in the Parliament of England at Westminster, to the right honorable and right reverend, the lords, ministers and others of the present General Assembly of the Church of Scotland sitting at Edenburgh [sic], containing a narrative of the proceedings of the Parliament of England in the work of reformation ... and of their endeavors for settlement of peace, and for preservation of the union between the two kingdoms of England and Scotland.	England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.; Church of Scotland.	1648 (1648)	Wing E2621A; ESTC R230887	5,561	15

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