Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	according_a	good_a	law_n	2,744	5	4.6392	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84048	An Epistle to the reader. The end of this print is to present to thy view a most wise and pious speech, spoken to King James the Fifth of Scotland, by a councellor of his; the which having occasioned what is premised to it, I thought fit to let them come hand in hand to thee; ...		1655 (1655)	Wing E3168; Thomason E828_8; ESTC R11847	6,883	19

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