Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	punish_v	punishment_n	sin_n	7,494	5	5.5732	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86110	A fevv collections for Irelands souldiers.	Haward, Lazarus.	1647 (1647)	Wing H1166; Thomason E375_19; ESTC R201351	11,321	20

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