Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	deal_n	honour_n	lin_v	18	3	16.1270	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36681	Secret-love, or, The maiden-queen as it is acted by His Majesties servants, at the Theater-Royal / written by John Dryden.	Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1668 (1668)	Wing D2353; ESTC R120	45,041	82

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