Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	king_n	time_n	wales_n	4,676	5	10.0634	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01543	A description of the royal fireworks, prepared for celebrating the universal joy, for the inestimable blessing afforded by God to the King, Queen, and people of these realms, in the happy birth of the most illustrious Prince of Wales, presented on the Thames over-againts White-hall, on Tuesday night the 17th of July, 1688, before both their Majesties, the Queen Dowager, the Prince and Princess of Denmark, and the whole court.	Beckman, Martin, d. 1702.	1688 (1688)	Wing B1655AA; ESTC R172682	2,220	1

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