Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	people_n	read_v	scripture_n	3,073	5	5.7739	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15143	[A sweet nosgay, or pleasant posye] [contayning a hundred and ten phylosophicall flowers &c.]	Whitney, Isabella.	1573 (1573)	STC 25440; ESTC S119702	22,841	75

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