Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	time_n	word_n	write_v	4,884	5	5.4567	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50413	Macis macerata: or, A short treatise, concerning the use of mace, in meat, or drink, and medicine In six sections, the fifth whereof containeth some hints at the signaturs of simples; and the sixth, is concerning the original and cure of wind, in mans-body. By Matthew Mackaile chyrurgo medicine.	Mackaile, Matthew, fl. 1657-1696.	1677 (1677)	Wing M147; ESTC R218643	24,208	110

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