Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	death_n	king_n	treason_n	2,761	5	9.5559	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44656	The life and reign of King Richard the Second by a person of quality.	Howard, Robert, Sir, 1626-1698.	1681 (1681)	Wing H3001; ESTC R6502	128,146	250

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