Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	great_a	king_n	person_n	6,552	5	4.7549	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19774	A suruey of the great dukes state of Tuscany In the yeare of our Lord 1596.	Dallington, Robert, 1561-1637.	1605 (1605)	STC 6201; ESTC S109213	56,057	78

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