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	lord_n	secretary_n	1,084	5	9.9310	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61185	A true account and declaration of the horrid conspiracy against the late King, His present Majesty and the government as it was order'd to be published by His late Majesty.	Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713.; James II, King of England, 1633-1701.	1685 (1685)	Wing S5065; ESTC R27500	86,454	174

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