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
A97134	A religious demurrer, concerning submission to the present power: contained in a letter written to some religious gentlemen, and reverend divines in and about the city of London; from some peaceable and truth-seeking gentlemen in the countrey. Requesting as speedy and satisfactory an answer as they please to afford.	Ward, Nathaniel, 1578-1652.	1649 (1649)	Wing W781A; Thomason E530_19; ESTC R203432	8,950	8

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