Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	government_n	king_n	monarchy_n	1,384	5	9.4516	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B04045	Lilly lash't vvith his ovvn rod. Or, An epigram on the quaint skill of that arch temporizing astrologer Mr. William Lilly. Collected out of his almanacks, from [1]647, to this present year, 1660.		1660 (1660)	Wing L2253; Thomason 669.f.25[23]; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.4[119]	1,869	1

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