Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	king_n	philip_n	spain_n	3,500	5	8.4998	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59405	The case of interest or usury as to the common practice, stated and examined in a private letter to a person of quality who desired satisfaction in that point / by T.S.	T. S. (Thomas Seymour)	1673 (1673)	Wing S2830; ESTC R37381	32,949	43

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