Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	brethren_n	life_n	love_v	5,972	5	7.1555	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12779	Fovvre hymnes, made by Edm. Spenser	Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.; Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599. Daphnaïda. aut	1596 (1596)	STC 23086; ESTC S111278	28,510	76

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