Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	woe_n	woeful_a	word_n	58	3	4.2899	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08182	The cuckovv. Richardus Niccols, in Artibus Bac. Oxon	Niccols, Richard, 1584-1616.	1607 (1607)	STC 18517; ESTC S113202	26,286	56

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