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	sovereignty_n	3,188	5	10.8087	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57525	The prince, or, Maxims of state written by Sir Walter Ravvley ...	Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.	1642 (1642)	Wing R179; ESTC R23010	25,911	54

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