Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	call_v	england_n	king_n	6,694	5	3.8986	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88612	A landskip: or a brief prospective of English episcopacy, drawn by three skilfull hands in Parliament: anno 1641.	Falkland, Lucius Cary, Viscount, 1610?-1643.; Fiennes, Nathaniel, 1607 or 8-1669.; Vane, Henry, Sir, 1612?-1662.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1660 (1660)	Wing L324; Thomason E1045_13; ESTC R202705	20,959	20

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