Selected quad for the lemma: son_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
son_n	begin_v	king_n	reign_v	13,807	5	9.8575	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49842	Observations concerning money and coin and especially those of England	Layton, Henry, 1622-1705.	1697 (1697)	Wing L755B; Wing O94_CANCELLED; ESTC R43364	50,023	54

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