Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	john_n	thomas_n	william_n	7,902	5	8.3467	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38567	Moriæ encomium, or, The praise of folly written originally in Latine by Des. Erasmus of Rotterdam ; and translated into English by John Wilson.; Moriae encomium. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Wilson, John, 1626-1696.	1668 (1668)	Wing E3208; ESTC R15059	80,052	172

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