Selected quad for the lemma: king_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
king_n	earl_n	great_a	lord_n	27,730	5	3.6766	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77535	Two speeches of George Earl of Bristol with some observations upon them by which it may appear whether or no the said Earl deserve to be involved in the common calamity brought upon Roman Catholicks, by the folly and presumption of some few factious papists.; Speeches. Selections	Bristol, George Digby, Earl of, 1612-1677.	1674 (1674)	Wing B4786A; ESTC R201146	12,009	16

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