Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	law_n	liberty_n	penal_a	1,025	5	12.2059	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52177	A friendly admonition, or, Good counsel to the Roman Catholicks in this kingdom by Martin Mason.	Mason, Martin, fl. 1650-1676.	1662 (1662)	Wing M929; ESTC R15732	4,338	10

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