Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	sir_n	thomas_n	william_n	22,118	5	10.0867	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82096	A declaration of all the passages at the taking of Portsmouth; shewing the reasons why it was surrendred [sic] up to the committee of both Houses of Parliament: together with a true copy of the articles agreed upon between the committee and Colonell Goring.		1642 (1642)	Wing D604; Thomason E117_10; ESTC R19285	3,046	9

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