Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	law_n	parliament_n	treason_n	3,230	5	8.9018	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69906	A Declaration by direction of the committee at Yorke to their deluded and oppressed countrey-men also the letters with the propositions and articles sent to the Earle of Newcastle upon which he entred this county, and his answer thereunto : with observations thereupon.	Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1592-1676.	1645 (1645)	Wing D562; ESTC R21350	6,717	24

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