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	time_n	10,957	5	3.8282	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87473	VVittie obseruations gathered from our late soveraign King James in his ordinarie discourse.	James I, King of England, 1566-1625.	1643 (1643)	Wing J149; Thomason E75_12	4,269	9

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