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	treason_n	4,260	5	9.4113	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89087	The Bishop of Carlile's speech in parliament, concerning deposing of princes Thought seasonable to be published to this murmuring age.	Merke, Thomas, d. 1409.	1679 (1679)	Wing M1827; ESTC R225562	8,159	8

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