Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	great_a	king_n	kingdom_n	8,581	5	5.5960	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22153	By the King, a proclamation for reforming the abuses in making of gold and siluer threed within this realme and for the inhibiting the importation thereof, from the parts beyond the seas.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); James I, King of England, 1566-1625.	1617 (1617)	STC 8564; ESTC S1560	4,356	4

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