Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	wine_n	year_n	yield_v	15	3	7.2847	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03890	Politicke, moral, and martial discourses. Written in French by M. Iaques Hurault, lord of Vieul and of Marais, and one of the French kings priuie Councell. Dedicated by the author to the French-kings Maiestie: and translated into English by Arthur Golding; Trois livres des offices d'estat. English	Hurault, Jacques.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.	1595 (1595)	STC 14000; ESTC S106319	407,097	518

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