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	parliament_n	ratify_v	3,090	5	11.4702	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45999	Idem iterum, or, The history of Q. Mary's big-belly from Mr. Fox's Acts and monuments and Dr. Heylin's Hist. res.	Foxe, John, 1516-1587. Actes and monuments.; Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662. Ecclesia restaurata.	1688 (1688)	Wing I33; Wing F2040_CANCELLED; ESTC R5327	8,878	8

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