Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	government_n	kingdom_n	say_a	2,800	5	7.0700	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48483	To the right honourable the chosen and representative body of England assembled in Parliament. The humble petition of L.C. Iohn Lilburne a free man of England	Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.	1646 (1646)	Wing L2187A; ESTC R216534	4,324	5

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