Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	absolute_a	king_n	people_n	4,348	5	5.2485	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79929	A cleare ansvver to the Armies late remonstrance against accommodation: so far as to justifie their former remonstrances, for accommodation.		1648 (1648)	Wing C4618; Thomason E473_22; ESTC R205267	10,922	15

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