Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	death_n	king_n	scotland_n	3,763	5	8.3529	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49533	An account of the English dramatick poets, or, Some observations and remarks on the lives and writings of all those that have publish'd either comedies, tragedies, tragi-comedies, pastorals, masques, interludes, farces or opera's in the English tongue by Gerard Langbaine.; New catalogue of English plays	Langbaine, Gerard, 1656-1692.	1691 (1691)	Wing L373; ESTC R20685	281,582	608

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leanard_n 319_o nathaniel_n lee._n 320_o john_n lilly_n 327_o thomas_n lodge_n 330_o sr._n william_n lower_n 332_o thomas_n lupon_o 334._o m._n lewis_n machin_n 334_o john_n maidwell_n 335_o dr._n jasper_n main_fw-fr 336_o cosino_fw-la manuch_n 338_o gervase_n markham_n 340_o christoph._n marlow_n 342_o shakerley_n marmion_n 345_o john_n marston_n 347_o john_n mason_n 352_o phil._n massinger_n 352_o thomas_n may._n 360_o robert_n mead._n 365_o matth._n medhourn_v 366_o thomas_n meriton_n 367_o tho._n middleton_n 370_o john_n milton_n 375_o walt._n montague_n 377_o will._n mountfort_n 378_o n._n thomas_n nabbes_n 379_o thomas_n nash._n 382_o alex._n nevile_n ib._n robert_n nevile_n 384_o duke_n of_o newcastle_n 385_o dutch._n newcastle_n 390_o thomas_n newton_n 394_o thomas_n nuce_n 395_o o._n thomas_n otway_n 395_o p._n john_n palsgrave_n 400_o george_n peel_n 401_o lady_n pembroke_n 402_o mrs._n kath._n philip_n 403_o sam._n pordage_n 406_o henry_n porter_n ib._n thomas_n porter_n 407_o george_n powel_n ib._n thomas_n preston_n 408_o edm._n prestwith_n 409_o q._n francis_n quarles_n 409_o r._n thomas_n randolph_n 411_o edw._n ravenscroft_n 417_o thomas_n rawlins_n 424_o edward_n revet_z 425_o nath._n richards_n 426_o william_n rider_n 427_o william_n rowley_n 428_o samuel_n rowley_n 430_o joseph_n rutter_n ib._n thomas_n rymer_n 433_o s._n tho._n st._n serf_n 434_o william_n samson_n 435_o george_n sandys_n 436_o charles_n saunders_n 438_o elkanah_n settle_n 439_o tho._n shadwell_n 442_o will._n shakespeare_n 453_o lewis_n sharpe_n 469_o edw._n sharpham_n 470_o s._n shepherd_n 471_o ed._n sherbourn_n 472_o tho._n shipman_n 473_o hen._n shirley_n ibid._n james_n shirley_n 474_o sir_n charles_n sidley_n 485_o john_n smith_n 488_o will._n smith_n ibid._n tho._n southern_a 489_o tho._n stanley_n ibid._n sir_n rob._n stapleton_n 491_o john_n stephens_n 492_o will._n strode_n ibid._n john_n studley_n 494_o sir_n john_n suckling_n 496_o gilbert_n swinhoe_n 499_o t._n nathaniel_n tate_n 500_o john_n tateham_n 502_o robert_n taylour_n 503_o tho._n thomson_n ibid._n nich._n trott_n 504_o rich._n tuke_n ibid._n coll._n s._n tuke_n 505_o cyril_n turneur_n ibid._n john_n tutchim_n 506_o w._n lewis_n wager_n 506_o edm._n waller_n 507_o geo._n wapul_n 508_o will._n wayer_n 508_o r._n weaver_n 508_o john_n webster_n 508_o john_n watson_n 510_o whitaker_n 511_o dr._n rob._n wild._n ib._n leon._n willan_n ib._n george_n wilkins_n 512_o rob._n wilmot_n ibid._n john_n wilson_n ibid._n rob._n wright_n 514_o will._n wytcherley_n ib._n y._n rob._n yarrington_n 516_o the_o name_n of_o the_o author_n in_o the_o appendix_n joseph_n harris_n tho._n sackvile_n and_o tho._n norton_n mr._n wilson_n a_o account_n of_o the_o dramatic_a poet_n a._n william_n alexander_n earl_n of_o sterline_n our_o alphabet_n begin_v with_o this_o worthy_a nobleman_n who_o be_v a_o scot_n by_o birth_n and_o live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n james_n the_o first_o of_o england_n and_o the_o six_o of_o scotland_n all_o that_o i_o be_o able_a