Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	call_v	country_n	great_a	3,425	5	3.0743	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54500	Succint genealogies of the noble and ancient houses of Alno or de Alneto, Broc of Stephale, Latimer of Duntish, Drayton of Drayton, Mauduit of Westminster, Green of Drayton, Vere of Addington, Fitz-Lewes of Westhornedon, Howard of Effingham and Mordaunt of Turvey justified by publick records, ancient and extant charters, histories and other authentick proofs, and enriched with divers sculptures of tombs, images, seals, and other curiosities / by Robert Halstead.	Peterborough, Henry Mordaunt, Earl of, 1624?-1697.	1685 (1685)	Wing P1693; ESTC R21912	735,945	788

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sancto_fw-la georgio_n willielmo_n mancell_n galfrido_n de_fw-fr bosco_n petro_n matherbe_n andreo_n de_fw-fr aversham_n thomâ_fw-la filio_fw-la stephani_fw-la petro_n camerario_n roberto_n harlac_n concern_v the_o house_n of_o ardres_n histoire_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr maison_fw-fr de_fw-fr gand_n &_o de_fw-fr guisnes_n par_fw-fr andre_n du_fw-fr chesne_n pag._n 29._o arnoal_n premier_fw-fr du_fw-fr nom_fw-fr seigneur_fw-fr d'ardres_n succeda_fw-la arnoal_n dit_fw-fr le_fw-fr viel_fw-ge fitz_fw-fr de_fw-fr luy_fw-fr &_o de_fw-fr mahaut_n de_fw-fr marquis_n sa_fw-fr premiere_fw-la femme_fw-fr du_fw-fr vivre_fw-fr de_fw-fr son_fw-fr pere_fw-fr il_fw-fr fut_fw-fr introduit_fw-fr par_fw-fr eustache_n conte_n de_fw-fr bologne_n au_o service_n de_fw-fr guilliaume_n le_fw-fr conquerant_fw-la roy_fw-fr d'angleterre_fw-fr qui_fw-fr en_fw-fr recompense_n de_fw-fr ses_fw-fr bons_fw-fr &_o agreable_n service_n luy_fw-fr donna_fw-fr plusieurs_fw-fr belles_fw-fr terres_fw-la en_fw-fr son_fw-fr royaume_n dans_fw-fr la_fw-fr mesme_fw-fr histoire_n pag._n 97._o enfans_fw-fr naturell_n d'arnoal_n 2_o dit_fw-fr le_fw-fr viel_fw-ge seigneur_n d'ardres_n elinant_a d'ardres_n nasquist_n en_fw-fr d'angleterre_fw-fr au_fw-fr temps_fw-fr qu'_fw-fr arnoal_n son_fw-fr pere_fw-fr y_fw-fr demeuroit_fw-fr suivant_fw-fr la_fw-fr cour_fw-fr de_fw-fr guilliaume_n le_fw-fr conquerant_fw-la &_o pour_fw-fr sa_fw-fr valleur_fw-fr merita_fw-la d'estre_fw-fr honoré_n de_fw-fr l'ordre_fw-fr de_fw-fr chevallerie_n guilliaume_n d'ardres_n fut_fw-fr aussi_fw-fr procree_n en_fw-fr d'angleterre_fw-fr &_o faict_n chevallier_n preuves_fw-mi du_fw-fr liure_fw-fr troisieme_fw-fr de_fw-fr l'_fw-fr histoire_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr maison_fw-fr de_fw-fr guisnes_n pag._n 149._o quomodo_fw-la arnoldus_fw-la filius_fw-la arnoldi_n acquisivit_fw-la terram_fw-la in_o anglia_fw-it arnoldus_n autem_fw-la filius_fw-la ejus_fw-la adolescentes_fw-la jam_fw-la exsuperans_fw-la annos_fw-la in_fw-la robur_fw-la coepit_fw-la crescere_fw-la 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