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	power_n	13,233	5	4.9591	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43306	The fatal contract, a French tragedy as it vvas acted vvith great applause by Her Majesties servants / written by William Hemings ...	Hemings, William, b. 1602?	1653 (1653)	Wing H1422; ESTC R12659	39,260	71

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