Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	corn_n	year_n	yellow_a	15	3	8.7415	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38421	England's remarques giving an exact account of the several shires, counties, and islands in England and Wales. In every of which you have I. How the county is bounded. II. The length, breadth, and circumference. III. The temperature of the air, and fertility or barrenness of the soil. IV. What commodities each shire or county affordeth. V. In what dioces, and how many parishes in it. VI. The number of Parliament-men, hundreds, and market-towns. VII. In every shire you have the name of the city or shire-town, with the latitude thereof, and how it bears, with the reputed and measured distance of the same from London, the road to the same; how governed, and the coat of arms, and what other things are therein remarkable. VIII. You have the names of such noble families as have been dukes or earls of each county since their first constitution. IX. Whatsoever is eminent or remarkable thorow-out the whole kingdom. To which is added a travelling map, describing the principal roads thorow-out England.		1682 (1682)	Wing E3027; ESTC R218203	95,213	312

the_o commodity_n that_o this_o shire_n principal_o afford_v beside_o many_o other_o be_v cloth_n stocking_n corn_n cattle_n knife_n spur_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v in_o the_o diocese_n of_o york_n and_o have_v in_o it_o 563_o parish_n out_o of_o it_o be_v elect_v 29_o member_n to_o fit_a in_o parliament_n knights_z 2_o york_z 2_o kingston_n upon_o hull_n 2_o knaresborough_n 2_o skaredborough_n 2_o rippon_n 2_o richmond_n 2_o hidon_n 2_o burrowbrigg_n 2_o malton_n 2_o thirske_n 2_o aldeborough_n 2_o beverly_n 2_o north-allerton_n 2_o pomfret_n 2_o its_o division_n be_v into_o hundred_o as_o be_v most_o of_o the_o county_n in_o england_n of_o which_o this_o be_v divide_v into_o 26._o but_o because_o of_o the_o largeness_n thereof_o it_o be_v first_o divide_v into_o three_o part_n call_v riding_n viz._n the_o east_n ride_v the_o west_n ride_v the_o north_n ride_v and_o each_o of_o these_o riding_n have_v their_o several_a hundred_o and_o those_o hundred_o their_o respective_a market_n 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