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	power_n	successor_n	2,893	5	9.1968	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84319	An eye-salve for the city of London: discovering unto them the great engagement that lyes upon them in point of duty and interest, to joyne speedily with the kingdome for the restoring of His Majesty, and the re-setling of the lawfull government and peace of this nation. / By a lover of peace and truth.	Lover of peace and truth.	1648 (1648)	Wing E3937; Thomason E445_7; ESTC R201958	14,736	22

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