Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	good_a	king_n	people_n	13,375	5	4.9419	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69300	A proclamation concernynge eatyng of whyte meates; Proclamations. 1538	England and Wales. Sovereign (1509-1547 : Henry VIII)	1538 (1538)	STC 7799; ESTC S109212	1,087	1

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