Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	battle_n	king_n	slay_v	2,176	5	7.7106	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06564	The serpent of diuision Whych hathe euer bene yet the chefest vndoer of any region or citie, set forth after the auctours old copy, by I.S.	Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?; Stow, John, 1525?-1605.	1559 (1559)	STC 17028; ESTC S109692	16,503	64

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