Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	king_n	law_n	people_n	9,348	5	5.3251	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40973	Fast and loose, or, The armies figgaries being some animadversions upon their late declaration, 1659.		1659 (1659)	Wing F539; ESTC R5038	5,866	11

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