Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

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law_n	child_n	father_n	son_n	7,317	5	5.5737	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31000	A sermon preach'd at the assizes at Hertford, July 10th, 1684 by Miles Barne.	Barne, Miles, d. 1709?	1684 (1684)	Wing B864; ESTC R10100	11,593	32

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