Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	france_n	king_n	money_n	3,638	5	7.1139	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76531	The Trappan trapt. Or The true relation of a cunning, cogging, confident, crafty, counterfeit, cosening and cheating knight, alias knave. Wherein is discovered his mischievous and Machivillian matchlesse mischeefs, plotted against an honest gentleman, a marchant of good repute, named Mr Iohn Marriot: dwelling neer London Bridge. Set forth for the benfit of others, who else through ignorance might easily fall into the like snares of such dissembling, vvicked, and trecherous Trappans. By W.B.	W. B.	1657 (1657)	Wing B232; Thomason E910_2; ESTC R207497	14,212	15

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