Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	according_a	king_n	people_n	11,268	5	5.0256	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54971	Plain-dealing, or, A Second dialogue between Humphrey and Roger as they were returning home from choosing knights of the sheir to sit in Parliament	Humphrey.; Roger.	1681 (1681)	Wing P2350; ESTC R8054	4,684	2

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