Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	keep_v	lord_n	mercy_n	18,979	5	9.0505	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01144	The association of the princes of France with the protestations and declarations of their allegeance to the King. Also a discourse vpon the surrendry of the seales into the Kings hands by M. du Vaiz [sic].	Du Vair, Guillaume, 1556-1621.; Concini, Concino, maréchal d'Ancre, ca. 1575-1617.; Mayenne, Henri de Lorraine, duc de, 1578-1621.; Bouillon, Henri de la Tour-d'Auvergne, Duc de, 1555-1623.; Vendôme, César de Bourbon, duc de, 1594-1665.	1617 (1617)	STC 11258; ESTC S102558	9,681	38

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