Selected quad for the lemma: son_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
son_n	charles_n	duke_n	king_n	14,798	5	4.3792	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75763	The atheisticall polititian or A briefe discourse concerning Ni. Machiavell.		1642 (1642)	Wing A4109; Thomason E127_43; ESTC R4648	4,935	7

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