Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	earl_n	king_n	palatine_n	2,572	5	13.2348	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17472	The continuation of the actions, passages, and occurrences, both politike and polemicall, in the upper Germanie Historically brought downe, from the period of the last relation, till Aprill. Together with a various and intermixed historie, of what hath been done in Turky, Italy, France, the Netherlands, and elsewhere. Faithfully collected out of good and creditable originals and digested methodically, by the times, places, and actions.; Diatelesma. Part 2.	N. C.	1637 (1637)	STC 4293.2; ESTC S107079	66,740	115

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