Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	esq_n	sir_n	william_n	1,320	5	9.3469	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87948	A letter from Exeter, advertizing the state of affairs there also, a letter to the Right Honourable William Lenthall, Esq. Speaker of the Parliament. Exon, Jan. 14.		1660 (1660)	Wing L1464; Thomason 669.f.22[74]; ESTC R211476	706	1

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