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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
word_n	according_a	good_a	law_n	2,835	5	4.5642	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82032	A declaration against a crosse petition: wherein some secret lets of the intended reformation are discovered. The danger of division prevented. And the unity of this iland in religion urged. By the Commissioners of the Generall Assembly.	Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission.	1643 (1643)	Wing D518; Thomason E89_15; ESTC R21173	10,126	16

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