Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	great_a	king_n	prince_n	14,432	5	5.5888	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20505	A discourse vppon a question of the estate of this time. Faithfully translated out of French by E.A.	Aggas, Edward.	1591 (1591)	STC 6910; ESTC S118984	10,741	18

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