Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	aforesaid_a	say_a	time_n	2,821	5	4.1767	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28563	The history of the desertion, or, An account of all the publick affairs in England, from the beginning of September 1688, to the twelfth of February following with an answer to a piece call'd The desertion discussed, in a letter to a country gentleman / by a person of quality.	Bohun, Edmund, 1645-1699.; Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726. Desertion discuss'd.	1689 (1689)	Wing B3456; ESTC R18400	127,063	178

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