Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	air_n	earth_n	element_n	11,896	5	9.9757	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18555	The loue and complayntes bytwene Mars and Venus	Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.	1500 (1500)	STC 5089; ESTC S106471	9,669	30

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