Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	day_n	king_n	time_n	2,754	5	3.4132	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06568	Prologus Here begynneth the prologue of the storye of Thebes	Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?	1497 (1497)	STC 17031; ESTC S120573	68,231	168

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