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	repeal_v	4,000	5	12.1621	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94139	The soveraignes desire peace: the subjectes dutie obedience. By Thomas Swadlin.	Swadlin, Thomas, 1600-1670.	1643 (1643)	Wing S6227; Thomason E88_22; ESTC R209873	38,143	43

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