Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	lord_n	name_n	write_v	5,698	5	5.8489	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84162	The voice of the iron rod, to his Highness the Lord Protector: being a seasonable admonition presented to him, and to all judicious men: by Arise Evans.	Evans, Arise, b. 1607.	1655 (1655)	Wing E3473; Thomason E1474_3; ESTC R209514	6,890	15

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