Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	abel_n	brother_n	earth_n	1,128	4	6.3538	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14028	The policy of the Turkish empire. The first booke	Fletcher, Giles, 1549?-1611, attributed name.	1597 (1597)	STC 24335; ESTC S118698	98,012	170

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