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	read_v	write_v	2,895	5	5.5794	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11145	The noble souldier. Or, A contract broken, justly reveng'd A tragedy. Written by S.R.	Rowley, Samuel, d. 1633?; Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632, attributed name.; Day, John, 1574-1640?	1634 (1634)	STC 21416; ESTC S116260	30,620	64

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