Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	cause_n	king_n	kingdom_n	3,220	5	5.7515	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37139	The history of the campagne in Flanders, for the year, 1695 with an account of the seige of Namur / by Edward D'auvergne ...	D'Auvergne, Edward, 1660-1737.	1692 (1692)	Wing D296; ESTC R224871	132,710	198

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