Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	great_a	king_n	parliament_n	13,805	5	6.6500	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51107	A Modest vindication of the petition of the Lords spiritual and temporal for the calling of a free parliament		1688 (1688)	Wing M2376; ESTC R5700	1,246	1

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