Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	declare_v	king_n	treason_n	2,301	5	9.1536	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91957	The case of Major Edmond Rolph, truely stated.	Rolph, Edmund.	1648 (1648)	Wing R1890; Thomason 669.f.13[8]; ESTC R210880	5,260	1

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