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	testament_n	word_n	5,024	5	4.1361	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40025	Fourtie articles in the High Court of Parliament, against William Lang, who was vicar in the parish of Bradworthy, in the county of Devon, but now prisoner in the city of London. With a petition to the Right Honorable House of Commons, shewing the odiousnesse of his life and actions, desiring that his triall may not be prolonged, nor his execution hindred, being one of the late tribe of lordly bishops.	Judd, Robert, fl. 1642.	1642 (1642)	Wing F1621A; ESTC R202628	4,356	10

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