Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

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law_n	great_a	king_n	power_n	13,233	5	4.9591	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47405	An elegy upon the most incomparable K. Charles the I. persecuted by two implacable factions, imprisoned by the one, and murthered by the other, January 30th 1648.	King, Henry, 1592-1669.	1640 (1640)	Wing K499; ESTC R10769	8,531	21

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