Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	letter_n	parliament_n	patent_n	2,384	5	10.0609	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80981	By the Protector. A Proclamation declaring the right of the Fellowship and Company of English Merchants for Discovering of New Trades (commonly called the Muscovia Company) to the sole fishing for whales upon the coasts of Green-land and Chery-Island, and for restraining and prohibiting of all others.	England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell)	1658 (1658)	Wing C7146; Thomason 669.f.20[78]; ESTC R212244	3,015	2

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