Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	duke_n	earl_n	orange_n	2,769	5	11.0480	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35219	England's monarchs, or, A compendious relation of the most remarkable transactions, and observable passages, ecclesiastical, civil, and military, which have hapned [sic] during the reigns of the kings and queens of England, from the invasion of the Romans to this present adorned with poems, and the pictures of every monarch, from William the Conquerour, to His present Majesty, our gracious sovereign, King Charles the Second : together with the names of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, the nobility, bishops, deans, and principal officers, civil and military, in England, in the year 1684 by R.B., author of the Admirable curiosities in England, The historical remarks in London and Westminster, The late wars in England, Scotland, and Ireland, &c.	R. B., 1632?-1725?	1685 (1685)	Wing C7314; ESTC R21089	148,791	242

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l._n rockingham_n rob._n sutton_n l._n lexington_n marmaduke_n l._n langdale_n john_n l._n berkley_n of_o stratton_n francis_n holles_n l._n holles_n charles_n l._n cornwallis_n george_n booth_n l._n delamer_n thomas_n crew_n l._n crew_n rich._n l._n arundel_n of_o treryse_n james_n l._n butler_n of_o moor-park_n e._n of_o ossory_n hugh_n l._n clifford_n of_o chudleigh_n rich._n l._n butler_n of_o weston_n susan_n lady_n bellasyse_n rich._n lumley_n l._n lumley_n geo._n carteret_n l._n carteret_n john_n bennet_n l._n ossulston_n george_n legge_n l._n dartmouth_n william_n l._n alington_n ralph_n stawel_n l._n stawel_n francis_n north_n l._n guildford_n the_o knight_n and_o companion_n of_o the_o most_o noble_a order_n of_o the_o garter_n as_o they_o be_v fill_v up_o at_o windsor_n april_n 8._o 1684._o 2_o king_n of_o denmark_n 1_o sovereign_n of_o the_o order_n 1_o king_n of_o sweden_n 2_o duke_n of_o york_n 3_o prince_n of_o orange_n p._n elector_n of_o brandenburg_n 3_o 4_o prince_n 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