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	people_n	write_v	2,724	5	5.9303	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92496	Natures dowrie: or The peoples native liberty asserted. By L.S.	L. S.	1652 (1652)	Wing S111; Thomason E668_19; ESTC R206988	50,283	65

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