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	see_v	water_n	4,871	5	6.2545	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04899	Cochin-China containing many admirable rarities and singularities of that countrey / extracted out of an Italian relation, lately presented to the Pope, by Christophoro Borri, that liued certaine yeeres there ; and published by Robert Ashley.	Borri, Cristoforo, 1583-1632.; Ashley, Robert, 1565-1641.	1633 (1633)	STC 1504.5; ESTC S659	39,255	72

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