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	word_n	write_v	5,518	5	5.5370	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13931	[A treatise declaring and showing that images are not to be suffered in churches]; Einigerle Bild. English	Bucer, Martin, 1491-1551.; Bedrotus, Jacobus, d. 1541.; Marshall, William, fl. 1535.	1535 (1535)	STC 24238; ESTC S1386	27,288	96

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