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	successor_n	2,446	5	9.0199	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23077	An act for the preventing of inconveniences hapning by the long intermission of Parliaments	England and Wales.	1640 (1640)	STC 9510.7; ESTC S4260	8,741	17

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