Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	knight_n	sir_n	thomas_n	18,158	5	10.1448	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13057	For the colony in Virginea Britannia. Lavves diuine, morall and martiall, &c.	Virginia.; Strachey, William, 1572?-1621.	1612 (1612)	STC 23350; ESTC S111283	56,375	108

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