Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	answer_n	answer_v	letter_n	1,077	5	7.3824	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22598	Love and valour: celebrated in the person of the author, by the name of Adraste. Or, the divers affections of Minerva. One part of the unfained story of the true Lisander and Caliste. Translated out of the French by W.B.; Histoire trage-comique de nostre temps, sous les noms de Lysandre et de Caliste. English	Audiguier, Vital d', 1569-1624.; Barwick, Wm.	1638 (1638)	STC 905; ESTC S100297	122,979	258

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