Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	command_v	king_n	lord_n	5,036	5	4.0083	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01366	Agaynst the possessyons of the clergye Harkyn what great auctorytes shall nowe folowe, for proffe thereof.	Fyloll, Jasper.	1537 (1537)	STC 11489; ESTC S109825	10,164	34

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have_v possession_n cap._n i_o ¶_o it_o be_v write_v numeri_fw-la xviii_o god_n say_v to_o aaron_n pactum_fw-la pacis_fw-la est_fw-la sempiternum_fw-la tibi_fw-la &_o c_o the_o pacte_a &_o covenaunt_v of_o peace_n be_v ever_o last_v before_o god_n to_o the_o and_o to_o thy_o son_n in_o a_o perpetual_a right_a in_o they_o be_v land_n you_o shall_v possede_v nothing_o nor_o you_o shall_v have_v no_o part_n among_o they_o i_o be_o thy_o part_n and_o herytage_n among_o the_o chyldrene_a of_o issraell_n to_o the_o chyldrene_a of_o levi_n i_o have_v gevyn_v all_o the_o tithe_n of_o issraell_n in_o possession_n for_o the_o mynstration_n that_o they_o serve_v i_o in_o the_o tabernacle_n &_o c_o ¶_o they_o shall_v poss_v nothing_o else_o but_o be_v content_a with_o the_o offering_n of_o tithe_n and_o as_o it_o be_v say_v esai_n xliiij_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o herytage_n to_o they_o i_o be_o their_o herytage_n you_o shall_v gyve_v they_o no_o possession_n in_o issraell_n i_o be_o their_o 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