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	let_v	life_n	14,740	5	4.9962	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56375	A true tale of Robin Hood, or, A brief touch of the life and death of that renowned outlaw, Robert, Earl of Huntington, vulgarly called Robin Hood who lived and dyed in A.D. 1198, being the 9th year of the reign of King Richard the First, commonly called Richard Coeur de Lyon / carefully collected out of the truest writers of our English chronicles and published for the satisfaction of those who desire truth from falsehood by Martin Parker.; Robin Hood	M. P. (Martin Parker), d. 1656?	1686 (1686)	Wing P447; ESTC R31753	5,897	22

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