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	treaty_n	1,286	5	9.1447	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22743	Instructions directed from the Kings Most Excellent Maiestie vnto all the Bishops of this Kingdome and fit to be put in execution, agreeable to the necessitie of the time.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1626 (1626)	STC 9247; ESTC S122630	4,230	16

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