Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	majesty_n	say_a	treaty_n	1,816	5	10.0825	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53130	News from Dunkirk-House, or, Clarendon's farewell to England in his address to the right honourable the House of Peers, Decemb. 3, 1667 : which was afterwards, according to the sentence and judgement of both houses of Parliament, burnt by the hand of the common hangman, in the presence of the two sheriffs, with a great and signal applause of the people, Decemb. 12, 1667.		1667 (1667)	Wing N955; ESTC R32312	4,689	1

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