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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	pastor_n	spiritual_a	temporal_a	6,645	5	9.7032	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29489	A review of Doctor Bramble, late Bishop of Londenderry, his Faire warning against the Scotes disciplin by R.B.G.	Baillie, Robert, 1599-1662.	1649 (1649)	Wing B466; ESTC R10694	70,498	112

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