Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	king_n	levy_v	treason_n	7,179	5	9.9070	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49651	The last speeches and confessions of Captain Thomas Walcott, John Rowse and William Hone, joyner, at the common place of execution on Friday the 20th of this present July, 1683 : who were all found guilty of high-treason for conspiring the death of His Sacred Majesty and his royal brother James, Duke of York.	Walcot, Thomas, d. 1683.; Rouse, John, d. 1683.; Hone, William, d. 1683.	1683 (1683)	Wing L505A; ESTC R25147	2,476	4

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