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	world_n	worthy_a	19	3	5.8461	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11133	The melancholie knight. By S.R.	Rowlands, Samuel, 1570?-1630?	1615 (1615)	STC 21401; ESTC S103185	12,109	46

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