Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	esq_n	john_n	knight_n	12,800	5	10.3190	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76574	Samuelis primitæ: or, an essay towards a metrical version of the whole book of Psalmes Composed, when attended with the disadvantagious circumstances of youth, and sickness. By Samuel Leigh.; Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. Miscellaneous metrical versions.	Leigh, Samuel, fl. 1686.	1661 (1661)	Wing B2473A; ESTC R230148	86,810	163

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