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
A18949	The rape of Proserpine. Translated out of Claudian in Latine, into English verse: by Leonard Digges, Gent; De raptu Proserpinae. English	Claudianus, Claudius.; Digges, Leonard, 1588-1635.	1617 (1617)	STC 5367; ESTC S108051	32,436	78

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