Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	king_n	lord_n	power_n	14,769	5	5.2297	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77585	The charity of church-men: or, A vindication of Mr William Walwyn merchant, from the aspersions plentifully cast upon him in a pamphlet, intituled, Walwyn's wiles. By H.B. Med. a friend to truth, his county and Mr Walwyn.	Brooke, Humphrey, 1617-1693.	1665 (1665)	Wing B4903A; Thomason E556_20; ESTC R205772	19,318	16

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