Selected quad for the lemma: peace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
peace_n	hold_v	justice_n	session_n	3,362	5	10.3126	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96395	The grovnds and cavses of our sufferings related in short: who suffer by the cruelty of oppressors, in Edmonds-bury Goal in Suffolk.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.; Harwood, John.; Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Rofe, George, d. 1664.; Marshall, Henry, fl. 1656.	1656 (1656)	Wing W1931; Thomason E880_3; ESTC R206593	6,039	8

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