Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	according_a	govern_v	law_n	3,155	5	5.1205	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90589	A petition of the gentry, ministers, and freeholders of the county of Flint, presented to His Majesty at York, August the fourth, 1642. With His Majesties most gracious answer thereunto. Also His Majesties speech to the gentlemen of York, on Thursday the fourth of August.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I).	1642 (1642)	Wing P1799; Thomason E111_3; ESTC R212781	3,864	8

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