Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	become_v	great_a	king_n	1,258	5	3.4438	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30918	Mephibosheth and Ziba, or, The appeal of the Protestants of Ireland to the King concerning the settlement of that kingdom by the author of The mantle thrown off, or, The Irish-man dissected.	H. B.	1689 (1689)	Wing B76; ESTC R8543	38,543	72

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