Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	england_n	king_n	kingdom_n	13,057	5	6.0109	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25447	Religio clerici	T. A.	1681 (1681)	Wing A32; ESTC R200747	38,573	248

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