Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	peace_n	popish_a	recusant_n	4,523	5	13.9656	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47831	A compendious history of the most remarkable passages of the last fourteen years with an account of the plot, as it was carried on both before and after the fire of London, to this present time.	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1680 (1680)	Wing L1228; ESTC R12176	103,587	213

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