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	people_n	13,931	5	5.0853	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39587	The narrative of Mr. John Fitz-Gerrald late of the order of St. Francis, in the kingdom of Ireland ...	Fitz-Gerrald, John.	1681 (1681)	Wing F1074; ESTC R18280	24,168	36

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