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	land_n	lord_n	2,551	5	3.2299	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78476	Trades destruction is Englands ruine, or Excise decryed. Wherein is manifested the irregularity and inequality of raising money by way of excise to defray the charge of the nation. By W.C. a lover of his country.	W. C.	1659 (1659)	Wing C171; Thomason E984_6; ESTC R207799	3,540	8

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