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	read_v	write_v	3,405	5	5.0561	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07415	Philotimus. The warre betwixt nature and fortune. Compiled by Brian Melbancke student in Graies Inne	Melbancke, Brian.	1583 (1583)	STC 17801; ESTC S109987	173,818	238

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