Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	air_n	fire_n	nature_n	4,769	5	5.7203	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09303	Ambitions scourge Described in the morall fiction of Ixyon. By Sands Penuen.	Penuen, Sands.	1611 (1611)	STC 19615; ESTC S102541	13,165	54

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