Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	king_n	knight_n	lord_n	7,548	5	4.5827	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13000	Two sermons of direction for iudges and magistrates. By Mathew Stoneham, minister and preacher in the citie of Norwich	Stoneham, Mathew.	1608 (1608)	STC 23290; ESTC S103465	30,644	96

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