Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	let_v	life_n	soul_n	9,147	5	4.9888	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16439	The boke of wisdome otherwise called the flower of vertue. Folowing the auctorities of auncient doctours [and] philosophers, deuiding and speaking of vices [and] vertues, wyth many goodly examples wherby a man may be praysed or dyspraysed, wyth the maner to speake well and wyselie to al folkes, of what estate so euer they bee. Translated first out of Italion into French, [and] out of french into English, by Iohn Larke. 1565.; Fiore di virtù. English.	Larke, John.; Gozzadini, Tommaso, attributed name.; Leoni, Tommaso, attributed name.	1565 (1565)	STC 3358; ESTC S116186	56,010	218

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man_n to_o err_v ¶_o arystotyle_n say_v aristotyle_n that_o he_o be_v a_o very_a beast_n which_o follow_v the_o will_n and_o appetyte_v of_o his_o mouth_n and_o say_v that_o he_o which_o do_v fill_v himself_o full_a of_o good_a meat_n and_o dryncke_n that_o he_o do_v seek_v his_o death_n more_o than_o his_o life_n and_o say_v that_o he_o which_o will_v live_v clean_o and_o in_o health_n let_v he_o beware_v of_o to_o much_o and_o excessyve_a eating_a and_o drynk_n ¶_o ipocras_n say_v ipocras_n that_o haboundaunce_n of_o wine_n and_o meat_n distroy_v the_o body_n the_o soul_n and_o the_o virtue_n ¶_o saint_a gregory_n say_v gregory_n that_o when_o the_o vice_n of_o glotonye_n have_v the_o domynacyon_n and_o power_n of_o the_o person_n it_o shall_v cause_v he_o to_o lease_v all_o the_o goodness_n that_o ever_o he_o do_v and_o that_o when_o the_o body_n of_o the_o person_n be_v not_o govern_v by_o abstynence_n all_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o same_o person_n be_v drown_v ¶_o whereof_o 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