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	power_n	19,042	5	5.5532	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91380	A discovery of the great plot for the utter ruine of the city of London, and the Parliament. As it was at large made known by John Pym, Esq; on Thursday being the eighth of June, 1643. at a Common-hall: and afterwards corrected by his own hand for the presse.	Pym, John, 1584-1643.	1643 (1643)	Wing P4265; Thomason E105_21; ESTC R22271	9,849	15

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