Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	life_n	lord_n	time_n	9,350	5	3.4640	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19162	[The lyfe of the thre kynges of Coleyne]; Historia trium regum. English	Joannes, of Hildesheim, d. 1375.	1496 (1496)	STC 5572; ESTC S109805	43,656	86

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