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	estate_n	parliament_n	2,433	5	7.1853	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92098	A declaration of His Highness Prince Rupert. With a narrative of the state and condition of the city and garrison of Bristoll, when his Highnesse Prince Rupert came thither: of the actions there during the siege, of the treaties, and rendition thereof.	Rupert, Prince, Count Palatine, 1619-1682.	1645 (1645)	Wing R2294; Thomason E308_32; ESTC R200409	18,995	36

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