Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	call_v	king_n	lord_n	2,772	5	3.6287	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68436	The gallant, delectable and pleasaunt hystorie of Gerileon of Englande containyng the haughtie feates of armes, and knightlie provvesse of the same Gerileon, with his loues and other memorable aduentures. Composed in the Frenche tongue, by Steuen De Maison Neufue Bordelois. And now newly translated into English.; Gerileon d'Angleterre. Part 1. English	Maisonneufve, Estienne de.; Jennings, Miles.	1578 (1578)	STC 17203; ESTC S109828	154,715	236

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