Selected quad for the lemma: work_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
work_n	day_n	great_a	sabbath_n	5,063	5	9.5741	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97156	The copie of a letter, sent from the Commander in Chiefe, of the town and port of Plymouth, to the Honourable William Lenthall, Esq. Speaker of the House of Commons: concerning the late great fight at Mount Stanford. Together, with a true relation of the persons there killed; and what condition the said towne and port now are in. Also a copie of the vovv and covenant, which all the deputy lieutenants, commanders, townesmen, and souldiers took, to live and dye in defence of the said town. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that this letter and protestation, be forthwith printed and published. Hen. Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com.	Wardlace, James.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. aut	1643 (1643)	Wing W842; Thomason E76_11; ESTC R21055	2,229	7

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