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	peace_n	time_n	10,016	5	3.6492	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60114	A Short vindication of marine regiments in answer to a pamphlet entituled A letter to a member of Parliament concerning the four marine regiments.		1699 (1699)	Wing S3643; ESTC R26918	4,590	10

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