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	light_n	witness_v	1,100	5	9.8841	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08278	The labyrinth of mans life. Or Vertues delight and enuies opposite. By Io: Norden	Norden, John, 1548-1625?	1614 (1614)	STC 18611; ESTC S110180	46,781	96

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