Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	great_a	king_n	wales_n	5,053	5	10.0183	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67154	Certain errors in navigation detected and corrected by Edw. Wright ; with many additions that were not in the former editions.	Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615.	1657 (1657)	Wing W3689; ESTC R16243	281,730	362

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