Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	speak_v	time_n	word_n	2,779	5	3.8641	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16918	VVits theater of the little world	Albott, Robert, fl. 1600.; Bodenham, John, fl. 1600.	1599 (1599)	STC 381; ESTC S113430	200,389	568

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