Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	find_v	scripture_n	word_n	3,449	5	4.1562	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09137	The first parte of Pasquils apologie Wherin he renders a reason to his friendes of his long silence: and gallops the fielde with the Treatise of reformation lately written by a fugitiue, Iohn Penrie.	Nash, Thomas, 1567-1601, attributed name.	1590 (1590)	STC 19450; ESTC S121966	20,797	34

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