Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	bear_v	die_v	live_v	5,060	5	5.3319	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02251	A most pleasant ballad of patient Grissell To the tune of the brides good morrovv.	Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600.; Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.	1600 (1600)	STC 12384; ESTC S118558	2,599	1

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