Selected quad for the lemma: judgement_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	judge_n	judge_v	king_n	3,732	5	4.5671	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80505	A copy of a letter written to an officer of the Army by a true Commonwealths-man, and no courtier, concerning the right and settlement of our present government and governors.	True Commonwealths-man.	1656 (1656)	Wing C6173A; Thomason E870_5; ESTC R202910	31,378	45

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