Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

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power_n	great_a	king_n	year_n	6,631	5	4.9369	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06679	The strange fortune of Alerane: or, My ladies toy. By H.M. of the middle Temple in London	H. M., of the Middle Temple in London.	1605 (1605)	STC 17135; ESTC S108313	9,121	34

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