Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	canterbury_n	divine_a	great_a	18	3	2.1273	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39372	The second epistle to the truly religious and loyal gentry of the Church of England written by Edmund Elys ...	Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707.	1687 (1687)	Wing E693; ESTC R19490	6,204	11

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