Selected quad for the lemma: daughter_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
daughter_n	henry_n	king_n	mary_n	6,135	5	9.0678	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57342	The Rise & fall of the late eminent and powerful favorite of Spain, the Count Olivares ; the unparallel'd imposture of Michael de Molina, executed at Madrid in the year 1641 ; the right and title of the present Kind of Portugall Don John the fourth, with the most memorable passages of his reign unto the year 1644 translated out of the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese by Edw. Chamberlayne ...	Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616-1703.	1653 (1653)	Wing R1533; ESTC R24148	60,098	190

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