Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	esq_n	lord_n	sir_n	3,224	5	7.2004	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86156	An additional brief narrative of a late bloody design against the Protestants in Ann Arundel county, and Severn, in Maryland in the country of Virginia. As also of the extraordinary deliverance of those poor oppressed people. / Set forth by Roger Heaman commander of the Ship Golden Lyon, an eye witness there.	Heaman, Roger.	1655 (1655)	Wing H1305; Thomason E850_5; ESTC R207401	10,130	16

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