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
A96937	The advocate	Worsley, Benjamin.	1651 (1651)	Wing W3611B; ESTC R230918	9,417	28

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