Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	according_a	king_n	law_n	1,630	5	4.7476	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00011	Englands complaint to Iesus Christ, against the bishops canons of the late sinfull synod, a seditious conuenticle, a packe of hypocrites, a sworne confederacy, a traiterous conspiracy ... In this complaint are specified those impieties and insolencies, which are most notorious, scattered through the canons and constitutions of the said sinfull synod. And confuted by arguments annexed hereunto.		1640 (1640)	STC 10008; ESTC S101178	37,368	54

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8._o 10._o †_o r●●●_z 17_o 4._o *_o psal._n 104._o 22_o *_o ps●l_n 74._o 10._o 〈◊〉_d lib._n 3._o dis●in●t_fw-la 39_o act_n perjurisunt_fw-la quiid_fw-la quod_fw-la falsum_fw-la esse_fw-la sciunt_fw-la aut_fw-la putant_fw-la juramento_fw-la confirment_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la send_v ●_z 3._o dist._n 39_o