Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	henry_n	king_n	scot_n	2,191	5	10.0366	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58435	A Relation of the birth, as well as of several remarkable passages during the minority of the victorious James, Duke of Monmouth, eldest son to His Majesty of Great Britain, France, and Ireland with the true account of his many signal and heroick victories in Holland, Flanders, and Scotland to his immortal fame : with the manner of his departure from Whitehall and of his joyful reception in Holland.		1679 (1679)	Wing R816; ESTC R28099	6,054	18

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