Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	know_v	name_n	write_v	5,306	5	5.6704	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39344	Divine Poems by Edmund Elis ...; Poems. Selections	Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707.	1659 (1659)	Wing E669; ESTC R7821	10,336	38

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