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
B05075	His Highness Prince Rupert's letter to the Earl of Arlington, His Majesties principal secretary of state. from on board the Royal Charles off the oster-bank, the XXIXth of May, 1673. Distant from East Capel Seven Leagues, at one of the clock afternoon, the wind S.S.W.	Rupert, Prince, Count Palatine, 1619-1682.	1673 (1673)	Wing R2301; ESTC R182889	1,364	4

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