Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	general_n	majesty_n	unite_a	1,290	5	10.9088	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52836	The letter sent by the States-General of the United Provinces of the Low Countreys to His Majesty, by their Trumpeter together with His Majesties answer to the said letter / translated out of French into English.; Lettre des Estats Generaux des Provinces Unies des Pays Bas envoyee a sa majeste le Roy de La Grande Bretagne par un trompette. English	United Provinces of the Netherlands. Staten Generaal.; Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.; Fagel, Gaspar, 1634-1688.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II). His Majesties answer to the letter sent from the States General of the United Provinces of the Low Countreys by their trumpeter.	1673 (1673)	Wing N485; ESTC R3548	9,351	26

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