Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	king_n	law_n	parliament_n	6,805	5	6.9975	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25574	An Answer to the author of the Letter to a member of the convention	Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707. Letter to a member of the convention.	1689 (1689)	Wing A3387; ESTC R163	6,158	6

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