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	settle_v	2,339	5	8.8909	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33485	The cloud opened, or, The English heroe by a loyal and impartial pen.	Loyal and impartial pen.	1670 (1670)	Wing C4737; ESTC R27897	22,102	49

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