Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	hand_n	king_n	scotland_n	3,117	5	8.4868	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67220	Claustrum regale reseratum, or, The Kinges concealment at Trent published by A.W.	Wyndham, Anne.	1667 (1667)	Wing W3772; ESTC R34100	16,571	51

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