Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	duke_n	great_a	king_n	6,693	5	3.8621	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07373	The golden meane Lately written, as occasion serued, to a great lord. Discoursing the noblenesse of perfect virtue in extreames.	Ford, John, 1586-ca. 1640, attributed author. aut; Stafford, Anthony, attributed author. aut	1613 (1613)	STC 17757; ESTC S102688	22,283	138

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