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	people_n	13,648	5	4.7769	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27800	A Letter to the Right Worshipful T.S., a member of the Honorable House of Commons with some remarques upon the intended act against nonconformists, in order to moderation.	T. S.; W. D. B.	1675 (1675)	Wing B242; ESTC R9681	3,140	8

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