Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	great_a	year_n	young_a	368	4	5.6964	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33189	The citie matrons, or, The three monementall mobbs		1654 (1654)	Wing C4356; ESTC R19693	4,317	11

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