Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	chester_n	earl_n	wales_n	3,056	5	10.3513	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93780	A sermon preached before His Majestie at Christ-Church in Oxford, on the 18. of April 1643. By William Stampe vicar of Stepney in the county of Middlesex.	Stampe, William, 1611-1653?	1643 (1643)	Wing S5194; Thomason E101_1; ESTC R11010	13,508	29

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