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	pope_n	prince_n	10,397	5	5.9198	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05271	Deathes generall proclamation also fine preceptes of vertuous and honest lyfe.	Leigh, Valentine, fl. 1562.	1561 (1561)	STC 15415; ESTC S2174	10,682	51

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