Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	great_a	law_n	write_v	2,881	5	5.4884	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04430	Our sauiour Iesus Christ hath not ouercharged his chirche with many ceremonies	Joye, George, d. 1553, attributed name. aut	1543 (1543)	STC 14556; ESTC S120429	18,822	46

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