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	regal_a	4,712	5	11.5491	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01010	A secure and prudent choice of beliefe. Written by a student in diuinity	Floyd, John, 1572-1649.	1639 (1639)	STC 11115; ESTC S114863	16,290	54

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