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
A52753	Christianissimus Christianandus, or, Reason for the reduction of France to a more Christian state in Europ[e]	Nedham, Marchamont, 1620-1678.	1678 (1678)	Wing N383; ESTC R14468	47,167	81

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