Selected quad for the lemma: judgement_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	king_n	parliament_n	treason_n	2,197	5	9.2136	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41174	A just and modest vindication of the proceedings of the two last parliaments	Jones, William, Sir, 1631-1682.; Ferguson, Robert, d. 1714.	1682 (1682)	Wing F741; ESTC R14950	42,088	51

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