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	parliament_n	time_n	15,513	5	3.9937	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89471	Neutrality is malignancy: asserted in a letter from an eminent person in the Army, to his friend at Westminster : and clearly evidenced by an examination of a factious malignant libell, entitled, The moderator : wherein the authour thereof Thomas Povey Esquire, under a false pretext of moderation and neutrality, grosly slandereth the Parliament, and endevoureth to disswade the people from yeilding assistance, or adhering to them.	J. M.	1648 (1648)	Wing M42; Thomason E427_14; Thomason E462_24; ESTC R202843	4,500	8

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