Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	king_n	law_n	legal_a	3,469	5	9.7932	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31432	A Caveat to the city of London, in reference to the King's writ for electing representatives for that city, to meet and consult with him in Parliament, the fifteenth day of January next ensuing		1689 (1689)	Wing C1615; ESTC R167	1,595	2

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