Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	comfort_n	good_a	great_a	2,569	5	3.0140	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01910	A newe booke called the shippe of safegard, wrytten by G.B. Anno. 1569; Shippe of safegard.	Googe, Barnabe, 1540-1594.	1569 (1569)	STC 12049; ESTC S120332	36,343	82

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