Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

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power_n	king_n	law_n	sovereignty_n	3,188	5	10.8087	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85798	A sermon appointed for Saint Pauls Crosse, but preached in Saint Pauls Church, on the day of His Maiesties happy inavgvration. March 27. 1642. By Richard Gardyner, D.D. and Canon of Christ-Church, Oxon.	Gardiner, Richard, 1591-1670.	1642 (1642)	Wing G231; Thomason E141_29; ESTC R16286	13,868	41

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