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	sovereign_a	5,223	5	9.3738	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69292	A record of some worthy proceedings in the honourable, wise, and faithfull Howse of Commons in the late Parliament	England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.; Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.	1611 (1611)	STC 7751; ESTC S122422	22,834	50

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