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	province_n	unite_a	3,519	5	10.5869	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84882	Jus Feciale armatæ Daniæ. With a short demonstration of the most weighty causes, whereupon His Sacred Royal Majesty of Denmark, Norway, the Vandals and Goths, &c., urg'd by meer necessity, doth by his herald, according to the law of nations, denounce warre both by land and sea, against King Charles Gustavus and the Kingdom of Swedeland, after unsufferable [sic] injuries and damages done Us, and most equall conditions of peace rejected by the Swedes; and doth renounce all neighbourly friendship.	Denmark. Sovereign (1648-1670 : Frederick III); Frederick III, King of Denmark and Norway, 1609-1670.	1657 (1657)	Wing F2102; ESTC R177258	7,114	13

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