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	parliament_n	prerogative_n	4,918	5	10.1412	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40465	The French politician found out, or, Considerations on the late pretensions that France claims to England and Ireland and her designs and plots in order thereunto by a well-wisher of his countrey.	Well-wisher of his countrey.	1680 (1680)	Wing F2194; ESTC R9405	23,641	54

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