Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	council_n	king_n	privy_a	1,162	5	9.8102	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22535	Charles, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. to all and singular mayors, recorders, customers, comptrollers ... of and within all and singular the port townes ...	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1630 (1630)	STC 8968; ESTC S3769	5,500	1

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