Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	king_n	law_n	treason_n	3,277	5	8.9802	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02289	A letter to a bishop concerning the present settlement and the new oaths	Comber, Thomas, 1645-1699.; Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.	1689 (1689)	Wing C5475; ESTC R203893	22,853	16

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