Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	earth_n	part_n	water_n	5,484	5	6.5318	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B15755	L.A. Seneca the philosopher, his booke of consolation to Marcia. Translated into an English poem; Ad Marciam. English	Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.; Freeman, Ralph, Sir, fl. 1610-1655.	1635 (1635)	STC 22215a; ESTC S117095	22,671	50

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