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
A37080	A petition to the Honourable House of the Commons in England now assembled in Parliament whereunto are added certaine considerations shewing the necessity of a correspondencie in spirituall matters betwixt all Protestant churches by John Dury.	Dury, John, 1596-1680.	1642 (1642)	Wing D2879; ESTC R15939	1,155	8

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