Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	city_n	mountain_n	river_n	1,763	5	6.9182	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07157	The fift [sic] booke of the most pleasant and [d]electable historie of Amadis de Gaule. [Contai]ning the first part of the most strange vali[ant and] worthy actes of Esplandian sonne to Amadis [de Gaule] as his strange sailing in the great serpent, the winning of his sword, [co]nquest of the castle La montaigne defendu, his warres with Armato King of Turkie, his loue to Leonorine daughter to the Emperour of Constantinople, with diuers seruices done in her behalfe: the b[e]sieging of Constantinople by the Turks and pagans, with their ouerthrow by the Christian princes: his marriage with Leonorine, his investing in the Empire of Greece: and lastly his enchantment with diuers other princes in the pallace of [Apol]lidon deuised by Urganda..; Amadís de Gaula (Spanish romance). Book 5. English.		1598 (1598)	STC 542.5; ESTC S125824	217,125	280

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