Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	officer_n	peace_n	warrant_n	4,958	5	10.2182	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64513	The Third part of The cry of the innocent for justice briefly relating the proceedings of the Court of Sessions at Old Baley, the 11, 12, and 13 dayes of the sixth moneth towards the people of God called Quakers, and particularly concerning the tryal and sentence of Edward Burroughs with about thrity persons more : also relating the proceedings of the Court ... towards about fifty of the said people ... : with divers other things of concernment about the people aforesaid.		1662 (1662)	Wing T914; ESTC R25160	45,353	114

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time_n fulfil_v thy_o promise_n to_o i_o what_o will_v thou_o go_v back_o from_o thy_o word_n on_o the_o bench_n let_v all_o take_v notice_n i_o be_o deny_v law_n and_o custom_n at_o the_o bar_n if_o you_o deny_v i_o this_o motion_n of_o arrest_n of_o judgement_n then_o alderman_n brown_n speak_v to_o he_o in_o these_o word_n this_o be_v all_o you_o shall_v have_v and_o print_v it_o say_v he_o if_o you_o will_v through_o the_o land_n to_o which_o e._n b._n again_o reply_v that_o he_o be_v no_o very_a great_a printer_n yet_o he_o think_v it_o his_o duty_n to_o publish_v these_o thing_n to_o as_o many_o as_o he_o can_v that_o all_o the_o world_n may_v know_v the_o proceed_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o court_n cry_v take_v he_o away_o away_o with_o they_o all_o gaoler_n and_o then_o they_o begin_v to_o hale_v they_o all_o away_o into_o prison_n again_o and_o as_o they_o pass_v away_o some_o of_o the_o prisoner_n tell_v the_o court_n that_o the_o lord_n will_v remember_v they_o in_o 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