Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	john_n	thomas_n	william_n	8,888	5	8.5675	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63218	The Tryals of Peter Boss, George Keith, Thomas Budd, and William Bradford, Quakers for several great misdemeanors (as was pretended by their adversaries) before a court of Quakers at the sessions held at Philadelphia in Pensylvania, the ninth, tenth, and twelfth days of December, 1692 : giving also an account of the most arbitrary procedure of that court.	Keith, George, 1639?-1716.; Boss, Peter.	1693 (1693)	Wing T2254; ESTC R26327	33,587	38

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sheet_n call_v a_o appeal_n etc._n etc._n traduce_v and_o vile_o misrepresent_v the_o industry_n care_n readiness_n and_o vigilancy_n of_o some_o magistrate_n and_o other_o here_o in_o their_o late_a proceed_n against_o some_o privateer_n viz._n babit_n and_o his_o crew_n in_o order_n to_o bring_v they_o to_o condign_a punishment_n whereby_o to_o discourage_v such_o attempt_n for_o the_o future_a and_o have_v thereby_o also_o defame_v and_o arraign_v the_o determination_n of_o provincial_n judicatory_a against_o murderer_n and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o by_o a_o wrong_a insinuation_n have_v labour_v to_o possess_v the_o reader_n of_o their_o pamphlet_n that_o it_o be_v inconsistent_a for_o those_o who_o be_v minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o act_v as_o magistrate_n now_o forasmuch_o as_o we_o as_o well_o as_o other_o have_v bear_v and_o still_o do_v patient_o endure_v the_o say_a