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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
word_n	according_a	church_n	rule_n	3,991	5	6.7971	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94496	To the honorable the knights, citizens, and burgesses of the Commons House of Parliament. The humble petition of the knights, esquires, gentlemen, ministers, freeholders, and other inhabitants of the county of Stafford, delivered May 14 1642.	England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1642 (1642)	Wing T1471; Thomason 669.f.6[14]; ESTC R211834	1,131	1

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