Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	witty_a	woman_n	write_v	12	3	4.9291	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00361	A deuoute treatise vpon the Pater noster, made fyrst in latyn by the moost famous doctour mayster Erasmus Roterodamus, and tourned in to englisshe by a yong vertuous and well lerned gentylwoman of. xix. yere of age	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Roper, Margaret, 1505-1544.; Hyrde, Richard.	1526 (1526)	STC 10477; ESTC S109306	22,951	48

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