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
A74138	To his excellencie the Lord Generall Cromwell, and his Honourable Councell of the army at White-Hall. The petition of Arise Evans, living in Black friers, desireth in Gods glories behalf, the kingdoms behalf, your Honors behalf, and the whole worlds behalf : that you would with your most serious thoughts consider these few lines following.	Evans, Arise, b. 1607.	1653 (1653)	Thomason 669.f.17[9]; ESTC R211367	2,710	1

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