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	subject_n	18,588	5	7.0694	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77402	A briefe answer to a booke called The declaration of the kingdomes of England and Scotland. Sent in a letter from a Member of the House of Commons.	Member of the House of Commons.	1644 (1644)	Wing B4539; Thomason E46_2; ESTC R4220	5,085	12

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