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	word_n	2,947	5	4.1038	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14285	A dyalogue defensyue for women, agaynst malycyous detractoures	Burdet, Robert.; Vaughan, Robert, fl. 1542.	1542 (1542)	STC 24601; ESTC S111468	19,831	38

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