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
A77402	A briefe answer to a booke called The declaration of the kingdomes of England and Scotland. Sent in a letter from a Member of the House of Commons.	Member of the House of Commons.	1644 (1644)	Wing B4539; Thomason E46_2; ESTC R4220	5,085	12

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