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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	bishop_n	call_v	ephesus_n	3,782	5	11.2037	5	false

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A01507	A newyeares gifte dedicated to the Popes Holinesse, and all Catholikes addicted to the Sea of Rome: preferred the first day of Ianuarie, in the yeare of our Lorde God, after the course and computation of the Romanistes, one thousand, fiue hundreth, seauentie and nine, by B.G. citizen of London: in recompence of diuers singular and inestimable reliques, of late sent by the said Popes Holinesse into England, the true figures and representations whereof, are heereafter in their places dilated.	B. G. (Bernard Garter); Tunstall, Cuthbert, 1474-1559. Letter written by Cutbert Tunstall late Byshop of Duresme, and Iohn Stokesley somtime Byshop of London.; Stokesley, John, 1475?-1539.; Googe, Barnabe, 1540-1594.	1579 (1579)	STC 11629; ESTC S102867	65,066	113

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patriarch_n yea_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n &_o all_o other_o and_o it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o chronicle_n dixit_fw-la david_n salamoni_fw-la ecce_fw-la divisiones_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la &_o levitarum_fw-la in_o omne_fw-la ministerium_fw-la domus_fw-la domini_fw-la assistant_n tibi_fw-la &_o parati_fw-la erunt_fw-la 28._o et_fw-la david_n constituit_fw-la principem_fw-la ad_fw-la confitendum_fw-la domino_fw-la 16._o asaph_n &_o fratres_fw-la eius_fw-la et_fw-la constituit_fw-la josaphat_n in_o jerusalem_n levitas_fw-la &_o sacerdotes_fw-la &_o principes_fw-la familiarum_fw-la ex_fw-la israëll_n 19_o ut_fw-la iudicium_fw-la &_o causam_fw-la domini_fw-la iudicarent_fw-la habitatoribus_fw-la eius_fw-la praecepitque_fw-la eye_n dicens_fw-la sic_fw-la agetis_fw-la in_o timore_fw-la domini_fw-la fideliter_fw-la &_o cord_n perfecto_fw-la etc_n etc_n david_n say_v to_o solomon_n behold_v 16._o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n divide_v in_o company_n to_o do_v all_o manner_n of_o service_n 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