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	say_a	seal_n	3,251	5	8.3376	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87444	A just and cleere refutation of a false and scandalous pamphlet, entituled, Babylons fall in Maryland, &c. and, a true discovery of certaine strange and inhumane proceedings of some ungratefull people in Maryland, towards those who formerly preserved them in time of their greatest distresse. To which is added a law in Maryland concerning religion, and a declaration concerning the same. / By John Langford Gentleman, Servant to the Lord Baltemore.	Langford, John, Gentleman, servant to Lord Baltimore.	1655 (1655)	Wing J1220; Wing L387; Thomason E853_25; ESTC R16909	16,616	35

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