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
A35430	Some questions resolved concerning Episcopal and Presbyterian government in Scotland	Cunningham, Alexander.; Cunningham, Gabriel.	1690 (1690)	Wing C7592; ESTC R11553	19,224	36

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