Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	earl_n	majesty_n	secretary_n	1,230	5	10.5326	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75145	An Account of a small part of Mr. John Frank's proceeding against David Bruce		1691 (1691)	Wing A192A; ESTC R176278	3,269	2

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