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	writ_n	2,706	5	9.7417	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53079	A letter from an old Common-Council-man to one of the new Common-Council for this present year 1682, for this honourable city of London	D. N., Old Common-Council-man.	1681 (1681)	Wing N9; ESTC R9745	8,134	4

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