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	elector_n	saxony_n	2,455	5	11.6845	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43909	The History of self-defence, in requital to the history of passive obedience	Seller, Abednego, 1646?-1705.	1680 (1680)	Wing H2138B; Wing S2456_CANCELLED; ESTC R14596	33,640	35

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