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	power_n	prerogative_n	9,316	5	10.1743	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90235	England's miserie, and remedie in a judicious letter from an utter-barrister to his speciall friend, concerning Leiutenant [sic] Col. Lilburn's imprisonment in Newgate, Sept: 1645.	Utter-Barrister.; Overton, Richard, fl. 1646.; Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.; Wildman, John, Sir, 1621?-1693.; Sexby, Edward, d. 1658.	1645 (1645)	Wing O628B; Thomason E302_5; ESTC R200275	5,726	8

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