Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	work_n	write_v	writer_n	683	4	7.7384	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14024	Tragicall tales translated by Turberuile in time of his troubles out of sundrie Italians, with the argument and lenuoye to eche tale	Turberville, George, 1540?-1610?; Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Decamerone.; Mexía, Pedro, 1496?-1552? Silva de varia lección.; Roseo, Mambrino, 16th cent.	1587 (1587)	STC 24330; ESTC S111446	131,572	403

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