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	law_n	time_n	2,905	5	3.2500	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44106	De successionibus apud anglos, or, A treatise of hereditary descents shewing the rise, progress and successive alterations thereof : and also the laws of descent as they are now in use.	Hale, Matthew, Sir, 1609-1676.; Shower, Bartholomew, Sir, 1658-1701.	1699 (1699)	Wing H236; ESTC R14823	19,580	116

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auunculus_fw-la the_o uncle_n or_o mother_n brother_n auunculus_fw-la quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d minor_fw-la amita_fw-la quasi_fw-la à_fw-la 〈◊〉_d tertia_fw-la matertera_fw-la quasi_fw-la m●●ltera_fw-la frater_fw-la quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d alter_fw-la semi_a germani_n fratres_fw-la quasi_fw-la ex_fw-la 〈◊〉_d patre_fw-la &_o separalibus_fw-la ma●●ribus_fw-la nati_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d orta_fw-la ●liversa_fw-la uterini_fw-la 〈…〉_z utero_fw-la fra●tes_n 〈◊〉_d separalibus_fw-la patribus_fw-la ●●lius_fw-la filia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i.e._n ab_fw-la amore_fw-la ●arantum_fw-la nepos_n quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d post_fw-la

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