Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	act_n	court_n	parliament_n	2,086	5	6.9871	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78252	A vindication of Lieut. Gen. Cromwell, and Com. Gen. Ireton, against the scandalous aspersions cast upon them in a posted libell signed by one Tompson. And likewise a true state of the case concerning the said Tompson. / By A.C.	A. C.	1648 (1648)	Wing C11; Thomason E431_7; ESTC R206102	3,195	8

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