Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	france_n	king_n	lewis_n	2,769	5	10.1557	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36378	The Earle of Dorset his speech for propositions of peace delivered to His Majesty at Oxford, on January 18.	Dorset, Edward Sackville, Earl of, 1591-1652.	1643 (1643)	Wing D1951; ESTC R1546	2,948	8

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