Selected quad for the lemma: day_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
day_n	friday_n	monday_n	tuesday_n	5,928	5	12.5465	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43838	A relation of a discovery lately made on the coast of Florida (from lat. 31 to 33 deg. 45 min. north-lat.) / by William Hilton, Anthony Long and Peter Fabian, in the ship Adventure, which set sayl from Spikes Bay, Aug. 10. 1663. and was set forth by several gentlemen and merchants of the Island of Barbadoes ; giving an account of the nature and temperature of the soyl, the manners and disposition of the natives, and whatsoever else is remarkable therein ; together with proposals made by the commissioners of the lords proprietors to all such persons as shall become the first setlers on the rivers, harbors, and creeks there.	Hilton, William, d. 1675.; Long, Anthony.; Fabian, Peter.	1664 (1664)	Wing H2043; ESTC R35440	17,500	38

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