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	people_n	regal_a	3,304	5	11.2674	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75326	A meanes to reconcile the present distempers of these times, as things now are. Set out by a member of the present Parliament.	Anderson, Henry, b. 1581 or 2.	1648 (1648)	Wing A3094; Thomason E458_18; ESTC R205069	6,295	14

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