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	scotland_n	13,096	5	8.4515	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08306	Speculum Britanniae. The first parte an historicall, & chorographicall discription of Middlesex. Wherin are also alphabeticallie sett downe, the names of the cyties, townes, parishes hamletes, howses of name &c. W.th direction spedelie to finde anie place desired in the mappe & the distance betwene place and place without compasses. Cum priuilegio. By the trauaile and vew of Iohn Norden. Anno 1593; Speculum Britanniae. Part 1	Norden, John, 1548-1625?; Keere, Pieter van den, ca. 1571-ca. 1624, engraver.	1593 (1593)	STC 18635; ESTC S113229	40,877	140

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britain_n and_o aegispus_n say_v the_o roman_n by_o strength_n get_v another_o world_n beyond_o the_o ocean_n in_o britain_n far_o from_o they_o volsc_n allgis_fw-la lib._n 2._o the_o excid_n hier._n ant._n volsc_n antonius_n volscus_n affirm_v peloponesum_fw-la to_o be_v vltìmum_fw-la orbem_fw-la brìtannìam_fw-la verò_fw-la alterum_fw-la orbem_fw-la so_o that_o it_o may_v be_v say_v it_o stand_v in_o angulo_n yet_o it_o seem_v not_o thereof_o to_o be_v call_v anglia_fw-it this_o our_o famous_a britannia_fw-la of_o itself_o another_o world_n for_o the_o firtilitie_n and_o pleasantness_n thereof_o have_v be_v seek_v for_o conquer_v and_o inhabit_v of_o many_o sundry_a nation_n the_o first_o as_o some_o dream_n be_v aborigines_n such_o people_n as_o the_o earth_n itself_o aborigines_n aborigines_n without_o human_a propagation_n bring_v forth_o who_o belike_o follow_v ovid_n metamor_n ovid_n metamor_n who_o say_v caetera_fw-la diversis_fw-la tellus_fw-la animalia_fw-la formis_fw-la sponte_fw-la svo_fw-la peperit_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o to_o say_v that_o man_n shall_v spring_v of_o the_o earth_n since_o adam_n disagree_v from_o the_o word_n of_o god_n whereby_o we_o learn_v that_o god_n create_v they_o male_a and_o female_a to_o increase_v &_o multiply_v &_o to_o govern_v all_o other_o earthly_a creature_n there_o be_v a_o people_n in_o italy_n italy_n aborigines_n in_o italy_n and_o they_o of_o very_o great_a antiquity_n yet_o not_o beget_v or_o spring_v of_o the_o earth_n but_o because_o they_o be_v vagi_fw-la and_o sine_fw-la laribus_fw-la night-wanderer_n upon_o the_o earth_n without_o house_n or_o home_n void_a of_o all_o civility_n &_o because_o they_o be_v unknown_a from_o who_o they_o descend_v they_o be_v account_v nullorum_fw-la silij_fw-la the_o child_n of_o no_o father_n as_o the_o roman_n who_o blush_n not_o to_o say_v they_o be_v deorum_fw-la silij_fw-la descend_v of_o the_o go_n such_o may_v be_v in_o this_o land_n at_o the_o briton_n arrival_n 1.28_o giant_n in_o england_n briton_n ann._n mundi_fw-la 2855_o deut._n 1.28_o which_o may_v be_v count_v indigenae_fw-la vagi_fw-la uncivil_a and_o therefore_o call_v giant_n as_o be_v the_o anakime_n mention_v in_o the_o scripture_n but_o to_o leave_v these_o unknown_a people_n japheth_n yuand_fw-fr do._n tolos_n lib._n the_o genel_n japheth_n yuandus_n write_v that_o our_o britannia_n be_v inhabit_v first_o by_o babylonian_n but_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v deny_v that_o the_o briton_n whereof_o soever_o so_o name_v be_v the_o first_o that_o under_o civil_a regiment_n possess_v this_o land_n roman_n roman_n after_o they_o the_o roman_n who_o julius_n caesar_n first_o conduct_v hither_o &_o after_o he_o claudius_n the_o emperor_n come_v into_o this_o land_n with_o his_o roman_n about_o anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 40._o briton_n julius_n caesar_n claudius_n imperat_fw-la picte_n scot_n beede_n m._n camden_n scot_n afflict_v the_o briton_n after_o the_o roman_n come_v the_o picte_n and_o 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