Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	body_n	earth_n	water_n	8,614	5	6.6720	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08316	Vicissitudo rerum An elegiacall poeme, of the interchangeable courses and varietie of things in this world. The first part.	Norden, John, 1548-1625?	1600 (1600)	STC 18642; ESTC S113308	17,364	48

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