Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	daughter_n	husband_n	son_n	21,996	5	7.6607	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19455	The life, apprehensio[n,] arraignement, and execution of Char[les] Covrtney, alias Hollice, alias Worsley, and Clement Slie fencer with their escapes and breaking of prison: As also the true and hearty repentance of Charles Courtney w[ith] other passages, worthy the note and reading.; Life, apprehension, arraignement, and execution of Charles Courtney, alias Hollice, alias Worsley, and Clement Slie fencer.	Courtney, Charles, d. 1612.	1612 (1612)	STC 5878; ESTC S113923	14,342	28

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