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	people_n	subject_n	12,053	5	6.8171	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28550	A Voice from the dead, or, The speech of an old noble peer being the excellent oration of the learned and famous Boetius to the Emperour Theodoricus.	Boethius, d. 524.; Caussin, Nicolas, 1583-1651. Cour sainte. English.; T. H. (Thomas Hawkins), Sir, d. 1640.	1681 (1681)	Wing B3435; ESTC R23389	3,473	10

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