Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	london_n	parliament_n	print_v	3,116	5	9.0916	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80734	An expedient for regulating the customes and excise Approved by divers well affected marchants, and others of the citty of London. Humbly represented to the supream authority of the nation, the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England. By Francis Cradock. Marchant.	Cradocke, Francis, d. 1670?	1659 (1659)	Wing C6741C; ESTC R225421	8,844	17

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