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
A63246	The speech of Charles Trinder, recorder of Gloucester at his entrance upon that office, January the 8th, 1687/8.	Trinder, Charles.	1688 (1688)	Wing T2283; ESTC R37902	12,670	19

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