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	word_n	write_v	2,886	5	5.2930	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09781	Howe one may take profite of his enmyes [sic], translated out of Plutarche; De capienda ex inimicis utilitate. English	Plutarch.; Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546, attributed name.	1531 (1531)	STC 20052; ESTC S110489	12,097	32

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