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	law_n	lord_n	10,591	5	4.0028	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95286	A true relation of the unjust, cruel, and barbarous proceedings against the English, at Amboyna in the East-Indies, by the Netherlandish Governour & Council there. Also the copie of a pamphlet of the Dutch in defence of the action. With remarks upon the whole matter. Published by authoritie.		1651 (1651)	Wing T3065; Thomason E1311_1; ESTC R209171	60,574	204

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