Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	act_n	parliament_n	year_n	5,089	5	5.1921	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03208	The extortioners and stock-jobbers, detected. Or, an infallible receipt for the circulation of money.		1696 (1696)	Wing E3903; ESTC R176898	5,185	4

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give_v no_o account_n in_o this_o world_n nor_o the_o next_o but_o since_o these_o caterpillar_n have_v make_v havoc_n and_o spoil_n at_o their_o own_o will_n and_o pleasure_n it_o be_v high_a time_n to_o inform_v they_o that_o there_o be_v law_n already_o make_v as_o a_o scourge_n for_o all_o such_o vermin_n there_o be_v a_o great_a many_o honest_a englishman_n that_o be_v true_a lover_n of_o their_o king_n and_o country_n that_o will_v prosecute_v these_o offender_n and_o endeavour_v to_o make_v they_o sensible_a of_o their_o bold_a and_o barefaced_a fraud_n that_o be_v at_o this_o time_n of_o day_n put_v upon_o most_o of_o his_o majesty_n good_a subject_n who_o be_v drive_v to_o unexpressable_a strait_n and_o necessity_n by_o their_o trick_n and_o contrivance_n by_o keep_v the_o money_n and_o hinder_v its_o currancy_n on_o purpose_n to_o drive_v the_o people_n into_o great_a want_n that_o thereby_o they_o may_v make_v the_o better_a market_n of_o they_o exact_v from_o they_o five_o 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take_n of_o excessive_a usury_n anno_fw-la duodecimo_fw-la caroli_n secundi_fw-la regis_fw-la cap._n xiii_o forasmuch_o as_o the_o abatement_n of_o interest_n from_o ten_o in_o the_o hundred_o in_o former_a time_n have_v be_v find_v by_o notable_a experience_n beneficial_a to_o the_o advancement_n of_o trade_n and_o improvement_n of_o land_n by_o good_a husbandry_n with_o many_o other_o considerable_a advantage_n to_o this_o nation_n especial_o the_o reduce_v of_o it_o to_o near_a proportion_n with_o foreign_a statute_n with_o who_o we_o traffic_n and_o whereas_o in_o fresh_a memory_n the_o like_a fall_n from_o eight_o to_o six_o in_o the_o hundred_o by_o a_o late_a constant_a practice_n have_v find_v the_o like_a success_n to_o the_o general_a contentment_n of_o this_o nation_n as_o be_v visible_o by_o several_a improvement_n and_o whereas_o it_o be_v the_o endeavour_n of_o some_o at_o present_a to_o reduce_v it_o back_o again_o in_o practice_n to_o the_o allowance_n of_o the_o 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