Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	old_a	read_v	testament_n	3,485	5	8.0942	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05751	The history of the imperiall estate of the grand seigneurs their habitations, liues, titles ... gouernment and tyranny. Translated out of French by E.G. S.A.; Histoire generalle du serrail, et de la cour du Grand Seigneur, Empereur des Turcs. English	Baudier, Michel, 1589?-1645.; Baudier, Michel, 1589?-1645. Histoire de la cour du roy de la Chine. aut; Grimeston, Edward.	1635 (1635)	STC 1593; ESTC S101093	139,442	200

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