Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	die_v	king_n	year_n	13,736	5	5.1327	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81447	A diary of the siege of Colchester by the forces under the command of Generall Fairfax		1648 (1648)	Wing D1378A; ESTC R231937	8,141	2

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