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	parliament_n	8,718	5	6.8422	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90224	To the Right Honourable, the knights, citizens, and burgesses, the Parliament of England, assembled at Westminster, the humble appeale and petition of Mary Overton, prisoner in Bridewell:.	Overton, Mary.	1647 (1647)	Wing O617; Thomason E381_10; ESTC R201411	9,107	15

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2._o eliz._n 33._o dier_n 288._o p._n 51._o also_o many_o godly_a martyr_n have_v by_o their_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n teach_v and_o affirm_v it_o a_o thing_n contrary_n to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n of_o nature_n equity_n common_a reason_n and_o to_o the_o common_a and_o civil_a law_n itself_o for_o man_n to_o bewray_v and_o accuse_v themselves_o and_o therefore_o refuse_v to_o take_v any_o oath_n or_o to_o answer_v any_o article_n to_o accuse_v themselves_o declare_v against_o such_o oath_n and_o proceed_n as_o antichristian_a bloody_a tyrannical_a unnatural_a uncharitable_a unreasonable_a unjust_a yea_o execrable_a and_o diabolical_a fox_n act_n and_o monument_n print_v anno_fw-la 1510._o pag._n 950_o 951._o 1006._o 1022._o 1643._o 1616._o 1661._o 1777._o 1778._o 1813._o 1814._o 1815._o 1849._o 1872._o 1873._o and_o the_o ancient_n call_v the_o father_n as_o athanasius_n ambrose_n chrysostome_n and_o many_o other_o mention_v by_o sextus_n senensis_n in_o bibliotheca_fw-la 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