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	emperor_n	saxony_n	2,316	5	11.6515	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90921	The vindication of Colonel General Poyntz, against the false and malicious slanders secretly cast forth against him; as in a letter to a friend of his, and a servant to the state doth appear.	Poyntz, Sydenham.	1646 (1646)	Wing P3137; Thomason E320_8; ESTC R200567	4,602	8

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