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	wales_n	3,888	5	10.2375	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02475	Visiones rerum. = The visions of things. Or Foure poems 1. Principium & mutabilitas rerum. Or, the beginning and mutabilitie of all things. 2. Cursus & ordo rerum. Or, art and nature. 3. Opineo & ratione rerum. Or, wealth and pouertie. 4. Malum & finis rerum. Or, sinne and vertue, concluding with the last Iudgement and end of all things. Wherein the author expresseth his inuention by way of dreame. By Iohn Hagthorpe Gent.	Hagthorpe, John.	1623 (1623)	STC 12604; ESTC S105951	64,913	148

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