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	law_n	parliament_n	5,454	5	6.8345	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85518	The grand cheat cryed up under-hand by many in the factious and giddy part of the Army; and greedily swallowed down by many people that do not discern the poyson and danger thereof; in severall particulars, as followeth. / By one that was a member of the Army whilst they were obedient to authority.		1659 (1659)	Wing G1489; Thomason 669.f.22[21]; ESTC R211381	2,137	1

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