Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	body_n	life_n	see_v	8,453	5	3.5430	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20123	A new ballet of the straunge and most cruell whippes which the Spanyards had prepared to whippe and torment English men and women which were found and taken at the ouerthrow of certaine of the Spanish shippes in Iuly last past. 1588. To the tune of the valiant soldiour.	Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600.	1588 (1588)	STC 6558; ESTC S112606	1,612	1

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so_o ere_o they_o take_v in_o hand_n the_o holy_a pope_n allow_v these_o holy_a man_n these_o sacred_a saint_n and_o these_o that_o think_v no_o ill_a see_v how_o they_o fight_v against_o all_o right_a to_o murder_v spoil_n and_o kill_v our_o noble_a queen_n and_o country_n first_o they_o do_v prepare_v to_o spoil_v to_o ruinate_v our_o life_n and_o land_n with_o trouble_n and_o turmoil_n and_o not_o content_a by_o fire_n and_o sword_n to_o take_v our_o right_n away_o but_o to_o torment_v most_o cruel_o our_o body_n night_n and_o day_n although_o they_o mean_v with_o murder_a hand_n our_o guiltless_a blood_n to_o spill_v before_o our_o death_n they_o do_v devise_v to_o whip_v we_o first_o their_o fill_n and_o for_o that_o purpose_n have_v prepare_v of_o whip_n such_o wondrous_a store_n so_o strange_o make_v that_o sure_o the_o like_a be_v never_o see_v before_o for_o never_o be_v there_o horse_n nor_o mule_n nor_o dog_n of_o currish_a kind_n that_o ever_o have_v such_o whip_n devisde_v 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