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
A72397	To the right honourable the lords and others of His Majesties most honourable Priuie Councell	Hughes, Lewes, fl. 1620.	1625 (1625)	STC 13920.5; ESTC S5222	13,284	27

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