Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	nature_n	spirit_n	water_n	2,472	5	6.4022	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15778	A succinct philosophicall declaration of the nature of clymactericall yeeres, occasioned by the death of Queene Elizabeth. VVritten by T:VV	Wright, Thomas, d. 1624.	1604 (1604)	STC 26043.3; ESTC S120610	7,796	22

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