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
A52637	A narrative of the late action between the French and confederate armies, on Saturday, the 1. of August, 1674 With an account of the grand officers, and numbers of common souldiers kill'd and taken prisoners on either side. Being two letters, the one from Brussels, and the other from Paris.		1674 (1674)	Wing N190; ESTC R224108	1,740	5

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