Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	kingdom_n	liberty_n	parliament_n	3,477	5	6.1694	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85361	Good newes from South-Hampton, and Basingstoke, in Hampshire. As it was related in a letter from thence by one Master Goter, to a merchant of good quality, in Lumbardstreet. With the copy of a letter sent by Captaine Swanly, captaine of one of the Kings ships, to the major and communalty of the said towne. As also another letter to the same merchant from Basingstoke, relating the passages there.	H. W.; Gother, John, d. 1704.; Swanley, Richard, d. 1650.	1642 (1642)	Wing G1068; Thomason E130_13; ESTC R9602	1,778	8

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