Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	history_n	king_n	write_v	3,141	5	6.1669	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01512	The hospitall of incurable fooles: erected in English, as neer the first Italian modell and platforme, as the vnskilfull hand of an ignorant architect could deuise; Hospidale de' pazzi incurabili. English	Garzoni, Tomaso, 1549?-1589.; Nash, Thomas, 1567-1601.; Blount, Edward, fl. 1588-1632.	1600 (1600)	STC 11634; ESTC S102909	90,029	174

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