Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	kill_v	prisoner_n	wound_v	2,901	5	12.7835	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42627	Prince Waldeck's letter to the States-General giving and account of a great victory obtained over the French the 25th of this instant August, 1689. Licensed August 24. 1689.; Full and perfect relation of a great and signal victory gain'd by the English and Hollanders over the French.	Waldeck, Georg Friedrich, Graf von, 1620-1692.; Sluyler, Fr.	1689 (1689)	Wing G531A; ESTC R215766	1,588	4

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