Selected quad for the lemma: son_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
son_n	brother_n	sister_n	wife_n	57,154	5	9.8443	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35066	A vindication of Robert III, King of Scotland from the imputation of bastardy, by the clear proof of Elizabeth Mure (daughter to Sir Adam Mure of Rowallan) her being the first lawful wife of Robert the II, then Stewart of Scotland and Earl of Strathern by George, Viscount of Tarbat, &c. ...	Cromarty, George Mackenzie, Earl of, 1630-1714.	1695 (1695)	Wing C7027; ESTC R6005	24,829	54

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reginaldus_n pro_fw-la se_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la subjecerit_fw-la praedictas_fw-la terras_fw-la voluntati_fw-la ordinationi_fw-la &_o cognitioni_fw-la senescalli_n scotiae_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la fuerit_fw-la patronus_fw-la dicti_fw-la monasterii_fw-la de_fw-fr pasleto_fw-it quod_fw-la libere_fw-la possit_fw-la in_o favorem_fw-la dictorum_fw-la religiosorum_fw-la virorum_fw-la abbatis_fw-la &_o conventus_fw-la monasterii_fw-la de_fw-fr pasleto_fw-it ad_fw-la requisitionem_fw-la