Selected quad for the lemma: parliament_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
parliament_n	honourable_a	house_n	petition_n	3,157	5	9.0634	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A21084	The petition and remonstrance of the Gouernor and Company of Merchants of London, trading to the East Indies exhibited to the Honorable the House of Commons assembled in Parliament. Anno 1628.	East India Company.	1628 (1628)	STC 7449; ESTC S100234	17,919	44

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