Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	great_a	prince_n	see_v	2,671	5	3.3571	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68069	A declaration of the causes, for the which, wee Frederick, by the grace of God King of Bohemia, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Elector of the sacred empire, &c. haue accepted of the crowne of Bohemia, and of the countryes thereunto annexed; Proclamations. 1619-11-07	Bohemia (Kingdom). Sovereign (1619-1620 : Frederick I); Frederick I, King of Bohemia, 1596-1632.	1620 (1620)	STC 11351.3; ESTC S121195	8,536	24

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