Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	let_v	word_n	write_v	2,442	5	5.2809	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10602	[The remedy against the troubles of temptations]	Rolle, Richard, of Hampole, 1290?-1349, attributed name. aut	1508 (1508)	STC 20875.5; ESTC S100006	27,131	53

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