Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	act_n	king_n	law_n	5,822	5	4.7877	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37315	A Debate upon the quærie whether a king elected and declared by the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons assembled at Westminster 22 of January 1688, coming to and consulting with the said Lords and Commons, doth not make as compleat a Parliament and legislative power and authority to all intents and purposes, as if the said king should cause new summons to be given and new elections to be made by writs		1689 (1689)	Wing D508; ESTC R21332	4,258	6

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