Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	good_a	holy_a	scripture_n	3,042	5	5.5201	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02796	A watch-word to all religious, and true hearted English-men. By Sir Francis Hastings, knight	Hastings, Francis, Sir, d. 1610.	1598 (1598)	STC 12927; ESTC S118429	32,499	130

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