Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	birth_n	find_v	great_a	102	3	2.1282	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40526	The Fugitive statesman, in requital for The perplex'd prince		1683 (1683)	Wing F2259; ESTC R112	33,587	158

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