Selected quad for the lemma: parliament_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
parliament_n	king_n	lord_n	say_a	16,658	5	7.1993	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84432	The engagement or declaration of the officers and souldiers of the County Palatine of Lancaster. Together with their letter to the reverend ministers of the several hundreds of that county, desiring them to publish the said declaration in their parish churches. As also the present state and condition of that county, certified in a letter to a well-affected citizen in London.		1648 (1648)	Wing E736; Thomason E443_22; ESTC R204732	2,113	8

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