Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	house_n	king_n	law_n	10,423	5	5.4003	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78667	A briefe abstract of the Kings letters to the Queene. VVith some observations thereupon. VVherein His Majesties actions are deciphered. / By a person of qualitie.	S. E.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)	1648 (1648)	Wing C2152; Thomason E428_6; ESTC R204605	6,195	14

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