Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	john_n	thomas_n	william_n	6,391	5	10.5783	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63189	The tryal of Philip Standsfield, son to Sir James Standsfield of New-Milns for the murther of his father, and other crimes libell'd against him, Feb. 7. 1688. For which he had judgment, that on the [15th ...] betwixt the hours of two and four in the afternoon, to be carried to the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh, and hang'd on a gibbet, until he be dead; his tongue to be cut out and burnt on a scaffold; and his right-hand to be cut off, and affixt on the east gate of Hedington, and his body to be hung in chains. Which doom and sentence was accordingly put to due execution upon the said Philip Standsfield. Published by authority.		1688 (1688)	Wing T2211; ESTC R222248	50,467	41

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