Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	king_n	lord_n	write_v	4,820	5	6.0287	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07157	The copie of a letter written by one in London to his frend concernyng the credit of the late published detection of the doynges of the Ladie Marie of Scotland	Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598, attributed name.; Buchanan, George, 1506-1582, attributed name.	1572 (1572)	STC 17565; ESTC S121994	5,076	18

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