Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	witness_v	work_n	write_v	214	4	5.6163	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08637	Ovids festivalls, or, Romane calendar translated into English verse equinumerally, by John Gower ...; Fasti. English. 1640	Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.; Gower, John, 17th Century.	1640 (1640)	STC 18948.5; ESTC S1325	100,089	190

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