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
A75685	As you vvere, or the new French exercise of the infanterie ballanced with the old.		1674 (1674)	Wing A3917A; ESTC R223521	29,647	34

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