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
B05883	Unto his Grace his Majesties High Commissioner and the right honourable the Estates of Parliament, the petition of Captain John Slezer.	Slezer, John, d. 1714.	1698 (1698)	Wing S3993B; ESTC R187145	2,475	2

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