Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	council_n	parliament_n	privy_a	2,717	5	9.7040	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05470	A proclamation against robbers and vagabounds, &c.	Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William II)	1697 (1697)	Wing S1605; ESTC R183341	1,518	1

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